It gives me a great deal of pleasure to welcome you here as the honored guests of the American people, to the house which is their home.

We know definitely where democracy is not, as we do where the railroad station is not, or where the post office is not.

For multiple sclerosis is a crippler and we cannot rest in this country until we have conquered it.

But this effort and other efforts to find the cause and the cure of multiple sclerosis take a great deal of talent and a lot of money.

I hope that what you have learned here will help you advance the progress of your own people, for this is no time for men of knowledge and learning to be above the battle, to stand aloof from the fight for a better world.

Each must be free to seek its own destiny in its own way, and that is what we believe for every American in this country; and that is what we believe for every country in this world.

What is best for America is best for us.

The scientific and engineering information acquired as a result of this activity should be made available to assist the efforts of the Federal Reconstruction and Development Planning Commission.

We have talked a great deal about full employment in America, but we have done too little to achieve it.

To drain shameful backwaters of poverty and concentrated unemployment, we must press our war on poverty forward to total victory.

No challenge is greater on our horizon than preserving and raising higher the standards of public education.

The guideposts are sensible and fair.

We need a housing program that will provide a decent home for every American family.

We are gratified with the progress our economy is making, but we are not satisfied.

We need civil rights legislation to insure that all Americans are treated equally.

We need a successful war on poverty to lift 9 million American families to full membership in our society.

America is not only proud of her, but Ohio is very proud of her.

It is important we learn as many lessons as possible from the disastrous Alaskan earthquake.