John F. Kennedy: “We increased the previous defense budget by 15 percent--not in the expectation of war but for the preservation of peace.”

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

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.

Through hot wars and cold, through recession and prosperity, through the ages of the atom and outer space, the American people have never faltered and their faith has never flagged.

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