Eisenhower

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

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

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

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

And for myself I say: I am proud that today I have been able to form a new personal, valuable friendship with you.

I know that, because John Wisdom tells me you have been here since 9 o'clock this morning.

Well then, I assure you, that kind of help, as much as I can give, will always be there.

One thing they told me was to stay out of the South.

Such friendships are many.

And I want to make one thing clear, my friends.

And now this great port must meet the challenge of the coming decades.

With God's help, with our friends in the world, and with unity among ourselves, it will continue to be so, throughout all the years that lie ahead.

But one thing I did know: that I had promised a lot of people that if ever I got in politics, I was going to come to the South.

The Republican Party is not of any particular use because it has a nice-sounding name.

If the Republicans win today, they have to come down and find someone they trust and say here is a good man that can represent the viewpoint of this region.

For today our whole economy turns and depends upon the commerce of the world through such ports as this.

I should like to say, gentlemen, that some very, very great oaks have grown from small acorns--and he looks like a pretty good-sized acorn to me.

If you remember, I was nominated over in Chicago, and immediately all the party strategists came to give me advice.

We are today observing the anniversary of an event which ranks with the most important in our history.

It has got to have such influence in all national affairs that, regardless of which party has come into power, the brains and the talent of the Southern States are as willing and as well organized, and as immediately available to the…

A tough one is never won by a long face.

Well, it looks to me like there is one here.

And most of it, I suppose, was good.

Here, in the Port of New Orleans, we see reflected America's strength, her vitality, her confidence, her irrepressible desire for improvement, her magnificent ability to meet resourcefully the demands of changing times.

It was, for the United States, an act of peace.