John F. Kennedy: “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.

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

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

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.