John F. Kennedy: “But peace in space will help us naught once peace on earth is gone.”

The modern globe is too small, its weapons are too destructive, and its disorders are too contagious to permit any other kind of victory.

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

There is no longer any reason why American children should suffer from polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus.

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