Matt Ortega

Eight months after the United States and Soviet Union were brought to the brink of nuclear war, President John F. Kennedy spoke about world peace in the Commencement Address at the American University in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 1963.

So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable — and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly — by making it seem more manageable and less remote — we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.