I feel very strongly and personally the responsibility on my shoulders as a leader of our country.

I don’t fear those challenges.

We are partners together in restoring the legitimate and deserved stature and esteem that ought always to be recognized among those who serve in the military.

I want to see the ties of our own country with other foreign countries--large and small, powerful and weak, very friendly and not so friendly--strengthened.

Hear's to the Governors and their families.

This Department will make it possible for us to evolve very quickly a comprehensive energy policy which we've missed.

I know that I'm going to make a lot of mistakes--economically and, perhaps, in foreign affairs, as well.

Our will must be unshakable.

Even with a new Department of Energy, problems of interdepartmental coordination will remain, since virtually all government activity affects energy to some extent.

I hope that the Congress will act expeditiously in this matter because it is so important to our country.

You should make every effort to avoid requesting exceptions by making personnel reallocations within your respective agencies to meet needs of highest priority.

I particularly want to break down any remaining barriers that exist between the State governments and the Federal Government.

I hope that every one of you will reassess what you are presently doing in your own assignment and how you might do it better.

I can assure you that one of the primary prerequisites for my selection of anyone to serve on those boards will be honesty, integrity and, also, a willingness, even an eagerness, to let the civil service employees know what present and…

This legislation is a major step in my Administration's program for a comprehensive reorganization of the Executive Branch.

I believe in our country, and I believe in the system of federalism.

We have seen in recent weeks that, under our present system, we have no single source of information about where natural gas shortages were greatest and where supplies were still available to help make up those shortages.

I hereby transmit to the Congress proposed legislation which will create a new Cabinet Department of Energy.