John F. Kennedy: “It is my task to report the State of the Union--to improve it is the task of us all.”

Today we still welcome those winds of change--and we have every reason to believe that our tide is running strong.

While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

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

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.