Can a nation organized and governed such as ours endure? That is the real question.
Have we the nerve and the will? Can we carry through in an age where we will witness not
only new breakthroughs in weapons of destruction--but also a race for mastery of the sky
and the rain, the ocean and the tides, the far side of space and the inside of men's minds?

  Are we up to the task--are we equal to the challenge? Are we willing to match the
Russian sacrifice of the present for the future--or must we sacrifice our future in order to
enjoy the present?

  That is the question of the New Frontier. That is the choice our nation must make--a
choice that lies not merely between two men or two parties, but between the public interest
and private comfort--between national greatness and national decline--between the fresh
air of progress and the stale, dank atmosphere of "normalcy"--between determined
dedication and creeping mediocrity.

  All mankind waits upon our decision. A whole world looks to see what we will do. We
cannot fail their trust, we cannot fail to try...

  Recall with me the words of Isaiah: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary."

  As we face the coming challenge, we too, shall wait upon the Lord, and ask that he
renew our strength. Then shall we be equal to the test. Then we shall not be weary. And
then we shall prevail.