A year ago, in assuming the tasks of the Presidency, I said that few generations, in all history, had been granted the role of being the great defender of freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
Kennedy reflects on the historical significance of his presidency in defending freedom.
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But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.
Today we still welcome those winds of change--and we have every reason to believe that our tide is running strong.
For we seek not the worldwide victory of one nation or system but a worldwide victory of man.
Today the United Nations is primarily the protector of the small and the weak, and a safety valve for the strong.