Because we know this: Cancer does not discriminate red and blue it doesn’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat.īeating cancer is something we can do together. It’s part of my Unity Agenda that I laid out in my State of the Union Address to rally the American people to work together. I give you my word as a Biden: This Cancer Moonshot is one of the reasons why I ran for President. And together, we can choose to move forward with unity, hope, and optimism.Īnd I believe we can usher in the same unwillingness to postpone, the same national purpose that will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills to end cancer as we know it and even cure cancers once and for all. Now, in our time, on the 60th anniversary of his clarion call, we face another inflection point. And when he set that goal, he established a national purpose that could rally the American people in a common cause. “Unwilling to postpone.” President Kennedy set a goal to win the Space Race against Russia and advance science and technology for all of humanity. “Unwilling to postpone.” President Kennedy. (Applause.) And I mean it.Īnd in choosing to go to the Moon, President Kennedy said America was doing so, quote, “not because easy, but because hard, because goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are” willing - not - “one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.” I said, “One word: possibilities.” In America, we believe anything is possible. I was asked by Xi Jinping - who I’ve met with more than any other world leader - in the Tibetan Plateau, and he turned to me and he said, “Can you define America for me?” And I said, “Yes.” And I was sincere. On this day in 1962, at Rice University in Houston, he spoke about America’s possibilities. The march on civil rights urgent yet uncertain.Īnd against all of that and more, America faced a choice: to move forward or to move backwards to build the future or obsess about the past to be a nation of unity and hope and optimism, or a nation of division, violence, and hatred.Īt this inflection point, President Kennedy made a choice for the nation, thank God. The shadow of world wars cast over a Cold War. On this day in 1962, America was facing an inflection point - one of those times that changes everything, from the day before to the day after. This is a powerful place for reflection and remembrance. (Addressing audience members on the balcony.) And don’t jump from up there, okay?Īnd all - for all the leaders of science and medicine for being here today. They’re great kids.Īnd I want to thank all of you - the cancer patients, survivors, caregivers. And, Lori, thank you as well for being here. (Applause.)Īnd thank you to the members of the Massachusetts delegation from the House: Representatives Pressley, Lynch, Keating, and Jack - Jake, I should say, Auchincloss. You know, Sheetal, thank you for sharing your powerful story.Īnd thank you, Mayor Wu, for the passport into this great city.Īnd thank you to Health and - (applause) - to Health and Human Service - Services Secretary Becerra and Boston’s own Marty Walsh. And that’s the reason I’m so optimistic about the future, and that’s not hyperbole. I’m truly honored to be with you all this - and your incredible family.Īnd, Jack, I believe your generation is the best-educated, most talented generation in our history. They got me and my boys through an awful lot. I was talking earlier about how your family, at a very difficult time in my life - when I first got to the Senate as a 29-year-old kid, before I was sworn in, I lost my wife and my daughter, and my two boys were so badly injured when struck by a tractor trailer. Madam Ambassador Caroline, thank you for that introduction and for your enduring friendship. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Madam Ambassador. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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