Mankind must put an end to war - or war will put an end to mankind.[Address before the United Nations, September 25 1961]

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of preeminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war.

The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.

If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity.

We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

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.

Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger. And yet no war has been declared, no borders have been crossed by marching troops, no missiles have been fired.

In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.