The economy has made great progress in 1977.

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

it is fitting that we commemorate the event both with gratitude for the ways in which science and engineering have helped to unite us and with fervent hopes that such communications will serve the future course of peace and human progress everywhere.

The world looks to us for the maintenance of peace and for mutual progress and for the solution of some of the economic and social ills that afflict the world.

But tonight America is strong, America is free, America is on the move.

I say to you, my record is one of progress, not platitudes; performance, not promises.

Today, we have a civilization which has reached unparalleled heights of material well-being.

My record is one of promise-progress, not platitudes; performance, not promises.

We've done quite well, but we're going to do better.

My record is one of progress, not platitudes; performance, not promises.

Those 66 vetoes saved each American family $200 in Federal spending, and that is progress by any standard.

This Nation is sound, this Nation is secure, this Nation is on the way to a better quality of life.

We have made a good beginning.

We can continue that progress with your help.

The third point I wish to make is this: As we move into a period of peace in the years ahead, I want it to be, and all of you want it to be, a period of progress.

We have made great progress, great progress particularly in this last year toward a goal that all Americans want, and that is peace in the whole world.

I am pleased to announce a major step forward in that effort.

The commitment of this Administration to continued progress toward that goal is clearly reflected in the array of programs which I have detailed in my latest Budget Message.