Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-048-022
This folder contains note cards with handwritten notations by President John F. Kennedy for an undelivered speech intended for the Dallas Citizens Council concerning the qualities of successful leadership and the crucial elements to the country's defense and security, such as nuclear power, military strength, foreign aid, supremacy in space, and domestic stability. The speech contains the famous line, "We in this country, in this generation, are- by destiny rather than choice- the watchmen on the walls of world freedom."