The honor really lies in the fact that in America we do have young men who are willing to dedicate themselves to excellence and who are ready to set a goal and to work unswervingly toward that goal.

The United States tries to live by the policy of the good neighbor and expects others to do the same.

So we join also in strengthening the security of the free world and in seeking to brighten the prospects for world peace for our time and for all time to come.

I am confident that the Congress will respond to this challenge.

So, again, Mr. President, let me say how pleased we all are that you have been able to come here at this time and what a great personal pleasure it is for Mrs. Johnson and me to receive you, your wife, Foreign Minister Saragat, and the…

As you know, my State of the Union Message proposed an all-out war on poverty in America.

The United States cannot allow the security of the Panama Canal to be imperiled.

Personally, I will never forget the warm hospitality that we received on my visit to Rome in the fall of 1962 and then again last summer when I attended the funeral of Pope John.

Mr. President, Mrs. Johnson and I are delighted to welcome you, Madame Segni, your distinguished Foreign Minister, Mr. Saragat, and other members of your party to the United States.

I want to assure you of the full cooperation of the Federal departments whose programs contribute to the war on poverty.

I would hope that in establishing preferences a Nation that was really built by immigrants, immigrants from all lands, that we could ask those who seek to immigrate now: What can you do for our country?

The complex fabric of today's society demands that we give increased attention to science and technology.

It is a very pleasant and proud privilege of mine to present to you, Dr. Alvarez, the National Medal of Science.

Nothing is more important than what we seek to do today and that is to give national recognition to the outstanding achievement in science and technology.

How would we feel, if we were put in the other fellow's place?

And I almost feel that I deserve one for being able to read that citation!

Dr. Wiener, it is a great pleasure and a great honor to present this to you.

I pledged that Government expenditures would be administered with the utmost thrift and frugality.