The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

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

Every gun that's made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms...is spending the genius of its scientists, the sweat of its laborers,

We're winning the war but we haven't won the war yet. I think whoever takes over this job in 20 years will still have to fight this fight.

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

[Address before the United Nations, September 25 1961]