Common prudence demands that we take all necessary measures to protect our homes, our institutions, and our way of life.
To those participating in this 3-day exercise, I express my appreciation for your active response to the obligations of citizenship in a fre...
An enemy thrust war upon us.
I believe we live in a hard and difficult era of history.
The voluntary participation of the radio and television broadcasters of the nation at their own expense is a commendable example of individu...
Fellow Americans:The annual civil defense exercise of which this broadcast is a part is a test of our program of peaceful preparedness.
I believe that we are going to fail as well as succeed, but I believe that we are at least going to make the effort.
For unless individual Americans plan to protect their own families--the most ambitious and carefully organized activities of government will...
I said in my Inaugural Address that no group of people in any generation since democracy was first developed by the ancient Greeks nearly tw...
We believe that our freedom and our liberty are worth protecting.
We are a people of strong faith in ourselves and in our institutions.
It is also true, however, that individual preparedness, which is beyond the province of government, is essential to an effective civil defen...
And I welcome it--and I welcome it tonight.
It is true that your government, too, must fulfill its responsibility in civil defense with vigorous leadership.
I said in my State of the Union Address that we intended to give equal attention to both-and we intend to do so.
Therefore, I ask you to support civil emergency planning in your local communities.
I am confident that in years to come our two countries will stand as one in safeguarding the greatest of all bonds between us, our common be...
In expressing the best wishes of my country, I speak for a people who cherish individual liberty and independence, and who have made great s...
