John F. Kennedy

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.