Yet neither great weapons nor individual courage can provide the conditions of peace.

For two decades America has committed itself against the tyranny of want and ignorance in the world that threatens the peace.  We shall sustain that commitment.  This year I shall propose: 

—­That we launch, with other nations, an exploration of the ocean depths to tap its wealth, and its energy, and its abundance.

—­That we contribute our fair share to a major expansion of the International Development Association, and to increase the resources of the Asian Development Bank.

—­That we adopt a prudent aid program, rooted in the principle of self-help.

—­That we renew and extend the food for freedom program.

Our food programs have already helped millions avoid the horrors of famine.

But unless the rapid growth of population in developing countries is slowed, the gap between rich and poor will widen steadily.

Governments in the developing countries must take such facts into consideration.  We in the United States are prepared to help assist them in those efforts.

But we must also improve the lives of children already born in the villages and towns and cities on this earth.  They can be taught by great teachers through space communications and the miracle of satellite television—­and we are going to bring to bear every resource of mind and technology to help make this dream come true.

Let me speak now about some matters here at home.

Tonight our Nation is accomplishing more for its people than has ever been accomplished before.  Americans are prosperous as men have never been in recorded history.  Yet there is in the land a certain restlessness—­a questioning.

The total of our Nation’s annual production is now above $800 billion.  For 83 months this Nation has been on a steady upward trend of growth.

All about them, most American families can see the evidence of growing abundance:  higher paychecks, humming factories, new cars moving down new highways.  More and more families own their own homes, equipped with more than 70 million television sets.

A new college is founded every week.  Today more than half of the high school graduates go on to college.

There are hundreds of thousands of fathers and mothers who never completed grammar school—­who will see their children graduate from college.

Why, then, this restlessness?

Because when a great ship cuts through the sea, the waters are always stirred and troubled.

And our ship is moving.  It is moving through troubled and new waters; it is moving toward new and better shores.

We ask now, not how can we achieve abundance?—­but how shall we use our abundance?  Not, is there abundance enough for all?—­but, how can all share in our abundance?

While we have accomplished much, much remains for us to meet and much remains for us to master.