State of the Union message, drafts and press releases, 30 January 1961
This file contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's State of the Union message that was addressed to Congress in the House of Representative in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Ke...
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RELEASE 12:30 PM, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1961
TO ALL NEWSPAPERS, RADIO AND TV STATIONS
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STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
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PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the Congress:
It is a pleasure to return from whence came. You are my oldest friends
in Washington and this House is my oldest home. It was here, more
than 14 years ago, that I first took the oath of Federal office. It was here,
for 14 years, that I gained both knowledge and inspiration from members
of both parties in both Houses -- from your wise and generous leaders
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and from the pronouncements which I can vividly recall, sitting where
you now sit including the programs of two great Presidents, the
undimmed eloquence of Churchill, the soaring idealism of Nehru, the
steadfast words of General de Gaulle. To speak from this same historic
rostrum is a sobering experience. To be back among so many friends is
a happy one.
I am confident that that friendship will continue. Our Constitution wisely
assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and
a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will
neither permit nor attempt any trespass. For my part, I shall withhold
from neither the Congress nor the people any fact or report, past, present
or future, which is necessary for an informed judgment of our conduct and
hazards. I shall neither shift the burden of executive decisions to the
Congress, nor avoid responsibility for the outcome of those decisions.
(speak today in an hour of national peril and national opportunity. Before
my term has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized
and governed such as ours can endure, The outcome is by no means
certain. The answers are by no means clear, All of us together this
Administration, this Congress, this nation must forge those answers.
But today, were I to offer after little more than a week in office
detailed legislation to remedy every national ill, the Congress would rightly
wonder whether the desire for speed had replaced the duty of responsibility.
My remarks, therefore, will be limited. But they will also be candid. To
state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past.
The
prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies, and gives a faithful
accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. And, while
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occasion does not call for another recital of our blessings and assets, we
do have no greater asset than the willingness of a free and determined
people, through its elected officials, to face all problems frankly and meet
all dangers free from panic or fear.
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