John F. Kennedy: “Second, we need to strengthen our Nation by safeguarding its health.”

But there is no comfort or security for us in evasion, no solution in abdication, no relief in irresponsibility.

And while no nation has ever faced such a challenge, no nation has ever been so ready to seize the burden and the glory of freedom.

For this is the most urgent task confronting the Congress in 1963.

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