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.

more dank excerpt from Q post today JFK speech 1960 New Frontier

https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/democratic-party-nomination-19600715