Eisenhower: “I am ready to sign a sound Soil Bank Act as soon as Congress sends it to me.”

Our unity as a nation is sustained by free communication of thought and by easy transportation of people and goods.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

For over six decades we have worked together to create and maintain strong democratic institutions.

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.