John F. Kennedy: “Eight million adult Americans are classified as functionally illiterate.”

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

If they choose peaceful competition, they shall have it.

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.