John F. Kennedy: “Will we in this country adapt our thinking to these new prospects and patterns--or will we wait until events have passed…”

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

For we seek not the worldwide victory of one nation or system but a worldwide victory of man.

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.

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