This is a difficult challenge in this hemisphere.
The earth can be an abundant mother to all of the people that will be born in the coming years if we learn to use her with skill and wisdom.
I know that I speak on behalf of all of our countrymen in welcoming our guest of honor.
I am proud to be a member of it.
And, building on that rich base, I see no reason why we cannot fulfill our obligations abroad.
I do not look to the future with gloom.
The means of achieving it are difficult, but our objective is simple, and that is to provide for our people a rising rate of well-being.
And it is that spirit, the spirit of both preparedness and peace, that this Nation today is stronger than ever before--strengthened by both ...
I am deeply honored by the degree which you award me today.
I feel honored to join you at this distinguished university.
Let us resolve to be the masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicion and emo...