John F. Kennedy: “Nor do we mistake honorable negotiation for appeasement.”

If they choose peaceful competition, they shall have it.

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

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

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