The Prime Minister was the first of the leaders from other lands who was invited to call upon me shortly after I entered the White House; and this is my first trip--the first trip of my wife and myself outside of our country's borders. It is just and fitting, and appropriate and traditional, that I should come here to Canada--across a border that knows neither guns nor guerrillas.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The Prime Minister was the first of the leaders from other lands who was invited to call upon me shortly after I entered the White House; and this is my first trip--the first trip of my wife and myself outside of our country's borders. It is just and fitting, and appropriate and traditional, that I should come here to Canada--across a border that knows neither guns nor guerrillas." in the context of "John F. Kennedy; Remarks Before the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa Online, The American Presidency Project, 17 May 1961" to mean that wisdom is timeless.