05/10/1955
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"They have brought back to us a knowledge of diseases, or they have practically prevented them from ever reaching our shores."
"Accordingly, I do not advise the enactment of additional legislation by the Congress with respect to those subjects."
"A good workman deserves good surroundings, and a good place in which to work, and so if we had nothing more here to dedicate than the building itself, it would still be an occasion worthy of note."
"And so I dedicate this building to the conquest of disease so that mankind, more safe and secure in body, may more surely advance to a widely shared prosperity and an enduring and just peace."