Our foreign aid program is not growing in size, it is, on the contrary, smaller now than in previous years. It has had its weaknesses, but we have undertaken to correct them. And the proper way of treating weaknesses is to replace them with strength, not to increase those weaknesses by emasculating essential programs. Dollar for dollar, in or out of government, there is no better form of investment in our national security than our much-abused foreign aid program.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Our foreign aid program is not growing in size, it is, on the contrary, smaller now than in previous years. It has had its weaknesses, but we have undertaken to correct them. And the proper way of treating weaknesses is to replace them with strength, not to increase those weaknesses by emasculating essential programs. Dollar for dollar, in or out of government, there is no better form of investment in our national security than our much-abused foreign aid program." in the context of "John F. Kennedy, Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas (November 22, 1963).
• Note: This speech was prepared but never delivered in the wake of President Kennedy's assassination." to mean that wisdom is timeless.