This Nation has the will and the faith to make a supreme effort to break the log jam on disarmament and nuclear tests--and we will persist until we prevail, until the rule of law has replaced the ever dangerous use of force.
Kennedy expresses the determination of the United States to pursue disarmament and uphold the rule of law.
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Today the United Nations is primarily the protector of the small and the weak, and a safety valve for the strong.
Tomorrow it can form the framework for a world of law--a world in which no nation dictates the destiny of another, and in which the vast resources now devoted to destructive means will serve constructive ends.
While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.
But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.