The prospective colonization of space responds, not to the particular problems of the American nation, or of any other nation, but to those of mankind as a whole... In an ideal view, such an undertaking by mankind as a whole would tend to divert it from its present preoccupation with international conflict, would tend to channel its energies into the pursuit of a great common purpose.

History, philosophy, and foreign relations: background for the making of foreign policy (ed. Univ Pr of Amer, 1987) - ISBN: 9780819160348