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American University speech

World Peace Speech
26:47
Speech from American University by John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963 (duration 26:47)
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A Strategy of Peace

On June 10, 1963, Kennedy, at the high point of his rhetorical powers,[230] delivered the commencement address at American University in Washington, D.C. Also known as "A Strategy of Peace", not only did Kennedy outline a plan to curb nuclear arms, but he also "laid out a hopeful, yet realistic route for world peace at a time when the U.S. and Soviet Union faced the potential for an escalating nuclear arms race."[231] Kennedy wished

to discuss a topic on which too often ignorance abounds and the truth is too rarely perceived—yet it is the most important topic on earth: world peace ... 