When one of our employees in the National Government does not meet the high standards which we set for ourselves, it becomes, of course, the greatest news.

So we congratulate you all, we thank you, and we hope that your work will serve as a horizon-marking effort by all those who work for the people of the United States.

It's a great pleasure to present this.

I know that we are all most indebted to Dr. Kelsey.

It's a great pleasure for me to present this award to Ambassador Thompson.

The home is the basis of our society.

I'm particularly proud to welcome them all to the White House.

I want to welcome you all to the White House and particularly welcome this distinguished symphony orchestra.

So, boys and girls, I want to tell you we are glad to have you here.

I want to, today, in paying tribute to these musicians, bring to our public mind all the others across this country who themselves are playing and living music.

But the fact of the matter is that success comes in music or in the arts like success comes in every other form of human endeavor by hard work, by discipline, over a long period of time.