1961- November 22, 1963

Wife - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994)

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963)

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, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

-- John F. Kennedy, 1961

It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union.

-- John F. Kennedy, 1962

During the Presidential Campaign of 1960 concerning Republican candidate Richard Nixon: "Do you realize what responsiblity I carry? Kennedy asked his supporters during the campaign. "I'm the only person between Nixon and the White House."