John Kennedy actually said...

Sound disarmament agreements, deeply rooted in mankind's mutual interest in survival must serve as a bulwark against the tidal waves of war and its destructiveness.

Context

Letter to Secretary Rusk on the Opening of the Geneva Disarmament Conference.

03/13/1962

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