It is customary for speakers on these occasions to say in graduating addresses that commencement signifies the beginning instead of an end.
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Remarks at Colorado Springs to the Graduating Class of the U.S. Air Force Academy.
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So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.
The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland has been a lost cause.
I hope private industry and labor will also realize that those who are handicapped frequently are more than compensated by their desire to be useful and to play a gainful role.
The rich must help the poor. The industrialized nations must help the developing nations.





