I'm very pleased this morning to be able to sign two very important pieces of legislation.

These two bills that have now been passed by Congress are a major move in the right direction.

I think this is a very good and proper thing to do.

I have complete confidence in him.

I think I can tell you that he's going to take on one of the most difficult jobs in Government.

We are strong and independent people as Baptists; we are strong and independent people as Americans.

A good part about it is that this program will be administered at the local and State levels of government.

I will nominate Arthur A. Hartman, of Haddonfield, N.J., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to France.

The function that she will perform is extremely important.

I want to thank the Congress for making it possible for me to do this.

I need your continued friendship and support, your open criticisms when I make mistakes, and your constant prayers.

I don't see any incompatibility there.

I'm very glad to sign now House Resolution 4876 that provides more than $20 billion in general revenue sharing funds.

In order to improve the use of consultants, I want you to:

Some areas of concern include:--Use of consultants to perform work of a policy-making or managerial nature which should be retained directly by agency officials.

This must be corrected without delay.

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy because human rights is the very soul of our sense of justice.

NATO was the middle-aged alliance, that new initiatives would be useful in redirecting it to new tasks.