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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.
Albert Einstein Ideas and Opinions · 1954

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“If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”

John F. Kennedy · Commencement address at American University, 1963 · Primary source

“United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do—for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.”

John F. Kennedy · Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, 1961 · Primary source

“Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, ‘rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation’—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.”

John F. Kennedy · Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, 1961 · Primary source

“What kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children—not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women—not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.”

John F. Kennedy · Commencement address at American University, 1963 · Primary source

“This is a time for action—not for war, but for mobilization of every bit of peace machinery.”

Eleanor Roosevelt · My Day, 1935-1962 · Primary source

Works

John F. Kennedy · 1961
Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy

Kennedy’s first presidential address, calling for civic responsibility, international cooperation and resolve in confronting Cold War tensions and global poverty.

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Eleanor Roosevelt · 1963
Tomorrow is Now

Roosevelt examines American democracy, civil rights and international responsibility, arguing for active citizenship and social progress in a changing world.

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