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61 " Our goal is not the victory of might but the vindication of right—not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this Hemisphere and, we hope, around the world. God "
― Robert F. Kennedy , Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
62 " That was the beginning of the Cuban missile crisis—a confrontation between the two giant atomic nations, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., which brought the world to the abyss of nuclear destruction and the end of mankind. From "
63 " In America we have Rockefellers for breakfast. "
― Robert F. Kennedy
64 " during the afternoon and evening of that first day, Tuesday, that we began to discuss the idea of a quarantine or blockade. "
65 " And so we argued, and so we disagree - all dedicated, intelligent men, disagreeing and fighting about the future of their country, and of mankind "
66 " And so we argued, and so we disagreed - all dedicated, intelligent men, disagreeing and fighting about the future of their country, and of mankind "