John F. Kennedy: “As the idealism of our youth has served world peace, so can it serve the domestic tranquility.”

Members of the Congress: The United States did not rise to greatness by waiting for others to lead.

Our instrument and our hope is the United Nations--and I see little merit in the impatience of those who would abandon this imperfect world instrument because they dislike our imperfect world.

But as an institution, it should have in the future, as it has had in the past since its inception, no stronger or more faithful member than the United States of America.

For the troubles of a world organization merely reflect the troubles of the world itself.