Destiny

"Never before has man had such capacity to control his own destiny, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world--or make it the last." --President John F. Kennedy Address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 20, 1963, Public Papers of the Presidents: 1963, p. 696.