Remembering JFK

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.