John F. Kennedy: “For this is the most urgent task confronting the Congress in 1963.”

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.

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.