For your country, this country has only sentiments of friendship, of pride, and esteem.

I speak for all the citizens of my own country here present when I express to you, Mr. President, our tremendous satisfaction that you have honored us with this personal visit.

I am proud of you for coming out today in spite of the heat and the inconvenience, and the impossibility of getting out there to visit with the President of Mexico, and to hear the bands.

I would like to give you some idea of how firmly I believe in the necessity of international friendship.

Our common purpose is the pursuit of a peace that is productive and lasting.

The conquest of these problems is within the power of our united energy, skill, and determination.

The man we salute today is the same--on whichever side of this border he lives.

You young people still own, let us say, 60 years of our country--far more than I do.

Our awareness of the vital problems and the exciting opportunities here in the lands of all the Americas.

Now, here today, if you can establish one new link of friendship with our nearest neighbors, you have made progress toward a future that you can turn over to your children with pride and confidence.

He honors his neighbor's rich heritage as heartfully as he honors his own.

I shall ever deem it a privilege--and a useful service to my own country--to work with you cooperatively and in friendship.