The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat to the United States. . . . This urgent transformation of Cuba into an important strategic base - by the presence of these large, long-range, and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass-destruction - constitutes an explicit threat to the peace and security of all the Americas. . . .

The very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.

To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of artthis is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.