John F. Kennedy: “I have pledged myself and my colleagues in the cabinet to a continuous encouragement of initiative, responsibility and…”

The modern globe is too small, its weapons are too destructive, and its disorders are too contagious to permit any other kind of victory.

But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.

There is no longer any reason why American children should suffer from polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus.

Today the United Nations is primarily the protector of the small and the weak, and a safety valve for the strong.