For us in the United States NATO is a tested and a recognized cornerstone of United States foreign policy.

American security depends on the security of the alliance as a whole, and the alliance in turn depends upon the strategic strength of the United States.

It is not any problem to start a war. That is the easiest thing in the world.

Peace between nations, and progress in Oklahoma, may seem like very different things.

We in the United States look forward to seeing the friendly ties already established between us grow stronger in the years ahead.

I am confident that Malta's role as an independent member of the community of nations will be bright and constructive.

We have no reason to believe that any nation now plans to put nuclear warheads into orbit.

But I also tell you that in the years to come my country will spare no effort to achieve a lasting peace for all of us.

No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada.

It is appropriate that this first trip should be to Canada.

So we want you to know, Your Highness, that we are very proud to have you here; we are delighted to have you here.

Our military assistance program has been an essential element in keeping the boundary of Soviet and Chinese military power relatively stable for over a decade.

Freedom is not on the run anywhere in the world--not in Europe, Asia, Africa, or Latin America--as it might well have been without U.S. aid.

It is a high honor to welcome you once again to the United States.

It gives me pleasure to have this opportunity of assuring Your Majesty that while I remain head of this nation I shall not cease to promote every measure that may contribute to the friendship and harmony which so happily subsist between your Empire and this Republic and shall esteem myself happy in every occasion of convincing Your Majesty of the high sense which, in common with the whole nation, I entertain of the magnanimity, wisdom, and benevolence of Your Majesty.

The impression that we, all of us, from the United States carry back is of the hands of friendship which have been extended to us and the strong feeling that while we came in a sense as strangers 3 days ago, we leave tonight as friends.

Gentlemen: I want to again express, on behalf of all of us, our great appreciation to our hosts, the Presidents of the Central American Republics, and the President of Panama.

Our high voyage, Mr. President, is not to seek new lands to conquer, but to make sure that old lands remain free.