Name: John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba
Author: John F. Kennedy

Quotes from John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (John F. Kennedy)

John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ Neither the United States of America nor the world community of nations can tolerate deliberate deception and offensive threats on the part of any nation, large or small. We no longer live in a world where only the actual firing of weapons represents a sufficient challenge to a nation's security to constitute maximum peril. Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace. ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth—but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced. ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ For many years both the Soviet Union and the United States, recognizing this fact, have deployed strategic nuclear weapons with great care, never upsetting the precarious status quo which insured that these weapons would not be used in the absence of some vital challenge. Our own strategic missiles have never been transferred to the territory of any other nation under a cloak of secrecy and deception ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ This nation is opposed to war. We are also true to our word. Our unswerving objective, therefore, must be to prevent the use of these missiles against this or any other country, and to secure their withdrawal or elimination from the Western Hemisphere. Our policy has been one of patience and restraint, as befits a peaceful and powerful nation, which leads a worldwide alliance. We have been determined not to be diverted from our central concerns by mere irritants and fanatics. ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ Nevertheless, American citizens have become adjusted to living daily on the Bull's-eye of Soviet missiles located inside the U.S.S.R. or in submarines. In that sense, missiles in Cuba add to an already clear and present danger—although it should be noted the nations of Latin America have never previously been subjected to a potential nuclear threat. ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ The 1930's taught us a clear lesson: aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war. ”

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John F. Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Address on the Buildup of Arms in Cuba (1962)

“ 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. ”

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