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…

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.

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 carried here and lost Alaska.

Thank you very much and God bless you all.

I am proud to come here.

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.

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

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

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.

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.