John F. Kennedy: “Third, we must sharpen our political and diplomatic tools--the means of cooperation and agreement on which an…”

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.

But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.