US Presidency
1961

For we recognized long ago that such unity would produce a Europe in which the ancient rivalries which resulted in two world wars, for us as well as for them, could rest in peace- a Europe in which the strength and the destiny of Germany would be inextricably tied with the West- and a Europe no longer dependent upon us, but on the contrary, strong enough to share in full partnership with us the responsibilities and initiatives of the Free World. Now this new house of Europe that we sought so long, under different Administrations, is actually rising, and it means vast new changes in our outlook as well. With the accession of the United Kingdom and other European nations to the Common Market, they will have almost twice as many people as we do it will cover nations whose economies have been growing twice as fast as ours and it will represent an area with a purchasing power which some day will rival our own. It could be it should be our most reliable and profitable customer.