John F. Kennedy: “Morality in private business has not been sufficiently spurred by morality in public business.”

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

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

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.