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War is obsolete because the progress in mankind's abilities and knowledge make possible and imperative a new measure of national greatness, the measurement of how men are served by their system.

The question is not whether the world can eliminate war. The question is when--when all nations will have the courage and the good sense to do so.

We don't have to speculate about the need or about the public demand, because when the first 460 acres were opened in 1962, 600,000 visitors were attracted to Sandy Hook, but 240,000 had to be turned away.

We are a people of peace-but not of weakness or timidity.

This is a very heartening example of how the people can be served when their Federal Government and their State governments work together materially and responsibly.

This generation of Americans has made an investment without parallel in history in the cause of keeping peace.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 11143 of March 2, 1964 (29 F.R. 3127), be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting '45 members' for '40 members' in…

Dick, I want to turn over the agreement to you, signed, sealed, and delivered.

The urgent necessity for such agreement upon lasting solutions was underlined.

We shall give them-give them to the last full measure to make this world safe and to make our freedom secure.

We have a great heritage in America of open land and clean air and clear water.

The issue is the future of Southeast Asia as a whole.

Nowhere is that admiration greater or more sincere, Mr. Prime Minister, than in the United States of America.

It gives me great pleasure to ask my guests to join me in a toast to the continued close friendship between our countries, to the President of Turkey, and to success in our mutual determination to preserve world peace and justice.

I hereby designate the Attorney General of the United States as the officer authorized to administer and give effect to the provisions of that Agreement.

Freedom, as our forefathers conceived it, meant the liberation of the individual from oppression by his own government.

I am personally very grateful and personally very proud of you today.