John F. Kennedy: “But there is no comfort or security for us in evasion, no solution in abdication, no relief in irresponsibility.”

For we seek not the worldwide victory of one nation or system but a worldwide victory of man.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

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