John F. Kennedy: “The world's prognosis prescribes, in short, not a year's vacation for us, but a year of obligation and opportunity.”

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.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

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.

We steer our ship with hope, as Thomas Jefferson said, "leaving Fear astern.