John F. Kennedy: “The choices we make, for good or ill, may well shape the state of the Union for generations yet to come.”

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

Today we still welcome those winds of change--and we have every reason to believe that our tide is running 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.

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