America

History has cast our country as the leader of the free world and you, by your valor and vigilance and courage, are proving America worthy to lead.

Now America is older and perhaps wiser.

America does not fail them.

That light--and that promise--was America's Bill of Rights.

Exactly 175 years ago today America sent another light out into the world.

We in America love and cherish our liberty and our independence and our freedom, and we do not try to impose it upon other people.

I extend to you, Mr. President, and to all the people of Korea, America's hand of friendship and admiration, and I look forward eagerly to the next few days that I shall spend here with you and your countrymen.

Soon we will return to our own America.

And I repeat to you: America keeps its commitments.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are not only our hope for America; they are what we hope for all the world.

In my transportation message to the Congress, I said, 'America lacks a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move conveniently and efficiently' across the country.

The whole Nation now understands the true significance of America's space efforts.

I want to be judged--as we judge the great conservationists of yesterday--as benefactors of our people and as builders of a more beautiful America.

For our part, here in America, we are eagerly willing to abide by the outcome.

No child in an affluent America should be without an adequate diet.

At this very minute, somewhere in America, our Red Cross is helping with a personal tragedy--easing a community crisis--tackling and solving the problems and emergencies of life.

I ask the Congress, as part of our continuing affirmation of America's faith in the cause of man, to respond promptly and fully to this request.

We shall be just, and we shall be prudent, and we shall also be prompt and brave, for we are determined here in America that peace shall not perish, and the cause of freedom shall not be failed.