"We will not act prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of world-wide 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."
American statesman who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. His presidency included major Cold War events such as the Cuban missile crisis. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.