John F. Kennedy

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

We must use time as a tool not as a crutch.

All free men wherever they may live are citizens of Berlin. And therefore as a free man I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.