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SC Pictures | The JFK Unspoken Speech Project

4 Jun 2020 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from the JFK Unspoken Speech Project, two speakers articulate a stance that, despite ongoing threats, the United States possesses sufficient military, scientific, and economic strength to safeguard freedom. They emphasize that this power will never be employed for aggression or provocation, but solely to promote peace and the peaceful settlement of disputes. The passage underscores a resolve to maintain vigilance while committing to a defensive, peace‑oriented use of national strength.

Our adversaries have not abandoned their ambitions. Our dangers have not diminished. Our vigilance cannot be relaxed. But now we have the military, the scientific, and the economic strength to do whatever must be done for the preservation and promotion of freedom. That strength will never be used in pursuit of aggressive ambitions. It will always be used in pursuit of peace.
It will never be used to promote provocations.
It will always be used to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes.
If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.