We must show the Soviet Union that it cannot expect to continue to do business as usual with the United States while it is invading and occupying an independent nation.

We must make clear to the Soviet Union that it cannot trample upon an independent nation and at the same time do business as usual with the rest of the world.

I am pleased to be able to take the action authorized by the International Security Assistance Act to fully terminate the force and effect of the embargo on arms transfers to Turkey.

We do have an investment in our own hemisphere.

The biggest cancer that was growing that threatened to destroy our relationship with all the nations to the south was the Panama Canal treaties.

It's been a relief to us the last number of weeks to have those two nations negotiating directly.

It is our hope and expectation, based on the Turkish Government's announcement, that additional troop withdrawals will be made.

In a democratic system like ours, foreign policy decisions must be able to stand the test of public examination and public debate.

We are a country on the move again, prepared to address our problems with boldness and confidence, at home and abroad.

I am proud to say that there's not a single young American fighting or dying on any foreign soil today.

We are for peace--peace first, last, and always.

I pledge...that America will be at peace, and we will keep it that way.

To preserve the peace, we must be tough-minded and persistent in dealing with our adversaries.

As long as I am President of the United States, our great country will never recognize or acquiesce in the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

Today, that remains the central purpose of American foreign policy.

Not a single young American is fighting or dying on foreign soil today, and we are proud of it.

One of the greatest achievements of this administration is the fact that we have peace and not a single young American is fighting or dying on any foreign soil tonight.

Nothing pleases me more than we can say, and say with honesty: There's not a single young American fighting or dying on any foreign battlefield tonight.