No American can have any greater honor than to know that other Americans would gather to greet him and to pay him the honor of a smile, a cheery hello, and to know and to be accepted among them as one of them.
Remarks at the Airport, Grand Junction, Colorado
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The goals of our two peoples - the spiritual and material welfare of the individual, a free society dedicated to peace and justice - are deeply ingrained.
I have often stressed the need to increase the functions and responsibilities of the States as a safeguard against excessive centralization of governmental power in this country.
We must not be either patronizing, resentful, or treat them as a stranger or enemy.
I know that you share with me the hope that more such steps to expand State responsibility will be taken in the future.
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