Quoting JFK ...
Excerpts of Speech
Senator John F. Kennedy
Boston Garden, Boston, MA
November 07, 1960
But of all the great issues
whose ultimate resolution
may depend upon tomorrow's choice
none is more important
or more urgent than the issue of peace
or whether we will drift
toward armed conflict 👈
with all its terrors 👈
and potential for destruction👈
we have differed
and differed sharply
as to the most effective way
to pursue peace
on the course America must take👈🇺🇸
if Communist attack is to be deterred👈
tensions relieved
and the vast resources
which now go to build weapons👈💪💪💪
are eventually to be used
to advance the welfare of all men👈😂
But words and gestures👈
talks and visits👈
will not bring peace in the future 👈👈
We face a ruthless and implacable enemy 👈👈
bent on world domination 👈👈
An enemy supremely confident👈👈
of its ultimate victory👈👈
and willing to seek that victory👈👈
by whatever method seems likely to succeed👈👈
Only a strong and vital America💪🇺🇸
can become the model of Democratic progress
begin work immediately on a program
to achieve peace through strength.
First
we will strengthen our military power
to the point
where no aggressor 👈👈
will dare attack 👈👈
now or in the future👈🤨
America MUST NOT BECOME INFERIOR🤨
TO ANY NATION🤨
For an inferior America
endangers peace👈
and the survival of freedom👈
Therefore
we will build a mobile retaliatory force
incapable of destruction by surprise attack
and modernize and strengthen our conventional forces
so as to deter limited war
I believe
that we will move toward the day
which was promised mankind
almost 2,000 years ago
the day when there will be
"peace on earth and good will toward men."