And I am honored that you have invited me here today.
So I am delighted to have you all here, representing, as you do, our best hopes for this hemisphere.
Education, homes, jobs, health, security-those are the things for which this country stands.
Those are the things which together we must achieve for our people, and I want to assure you through the Alliance for Progress we will stand...
Gentlemen: I want to again express, on behalf of all of us, our great appreciation to our hosts, the Presidents of the Central American Repu...
It is sometimes easy for us, living in our nations' capitals, to become disheartened about the nature of the struggle.
We will leave tomorrow and go back home and continue our work.
If there is any theme which I think this conference best expresses, it is the common dependence we have one upon another.
We are very grateful to you and to the people of Costa Rica.
I want to express our very warm thanks and appreciation to all those who work for the United States Government here in Costa Rica.
That is why we are here today.
Our high voyage, Mr. President, is not to seek new lands to conquer, but to make sure that old lands remain free.
We are delighted to be here and to be the guests of our distinguished Ambassador, who is an old friend of mine, and also to be here with you...
This does represent the most direct challenge that the free world has, I believe, here in Central America and in Latin America.
I come here today with 180 million fellow Americans who want this hemisphere to be free, and who want this hemisphere to be an example to a ...
That is the responsibility of all of us.
This is a great responsibility, a great opportunity, and you are the leaders of it.
This is a most critical time in the life of our country.
