If we do not plan today for the future growth of these and other great natural assets--not only parks and forests but wildlife and wilderness preserves, and water projects of all kinds--our children and their children will be poorer in every sense of the word.
Kennedy warns that failing to plan for the future of natural assets will leave future generations poorer.
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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.
The modern globe is too small, its weapons are too destructive, and its disorders are too contagious to permit any other kind of victory.
If they choose peaceful competition, they shall have it.