I am glad to come here tonight, and I want to express a warm thanks to all of you for having come to the airport and held out a warm hand of greeting to all of us who have traveled so far.

I want to express a very warm aloha at being back here in Hawaii, and to tell you that I come from another part of the United States, 6,000 miles away, and we are proud of this city and this State and what it stands for.

Thank you very much and God bless you all.

I am proud to come here.

I have come here to speak to the mayors of the United States on a matter which concerns us all, and that is, how the American people can live more happily and more securely together.

We will stay here so briefly, but we will go back to Washington knowing that this country is still all that it is and all that it will be.

Reaching into the Pacific, yet part of the United States, this island represents all that we are and all that we hope to be.

I am glad to come here on this occasion and to tell you that those of us who live to the east of you look to you, and, indeed, in these difficult days, to all Americans who represent the best hope on earth, who are a proud, progressive…

It was the men who served in the Armed Forces of the United States that not only kept the security of this country and others, but also maintained the peace.

I want to express my very strong appreciation to all of you this morning on behalf of the people of this country.

Today 1 out of every 3 students in the fifth grade will drop out of high school, and only 2 out of 10 will graduate from college.

No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop those talents.

The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security.

I want to express a very warm sense of appreciation for the honor that you have given to me today, to be an instant graduate of this distinguished college.

Control of the seas can mean peace.

The sea is a friend and an enemy.

I hope that no man who serves in our Armed Forces ever forgets that upon him the security of this country depends.

In more recent years, however, our responsibility has been broader.

You men here on this field help maintain the security of countries 10,000 miles away.

We have been the keystone in the arch--the 180 million Americans carrying on a worldwide struggle against the Sino-Soviet bloc, composed of more than a billion people.

On behalf of the people of this country, I wish to give you our strongest thanks.

There is no greater asset in this country than an educated man or woman.

Control of the seas can mean victory.

Control of the sea means security.