This highway has been built by the dedicated effort of the citizens of these two States.
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Remarks at the Dedication of the Delaware-Maryland Turnpike.
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The United States is not in the position which England was when Benjamin Disraeli described it as: two nations divided, the rich and the poor.
They may be facts which some would prefer to forget, but if the United States of America, and particularly the Northeast United States, these 15 States, are going to move ahead and provide a better life for the people of Delaware and the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States, then we are going to have to do something about it.
Our goal is the development of the most efficient, economic, and the safest transportation system for all of our people.
Contrary to repeated warnings, prophecies, and expressions of hope, in the 17 years since the Marshall plan began, I know of no single officeholder who was ever defeated because he supported this program, and the burden is less today than ever before.





