Harry Truman

I want to say to you that this Canadian trip has been most interesting to me.

The United States has but one objective in view, and that is peace in the world, and friendship with every nation in the world, and underline that every.

I'm going to keep alongside you, as good neighbors.

Ladies and gentlemen, that’s all I have to say.

Our objective, of course, in the visit to Mexico and in the visit to Canada, is to solidify the friendship of the people who live on this continent.

Our goal is a vast expansion of agriculture and industry throughout the world, with freer access to the raw materials and markets for all nations, and a wider distribution of the products of the earth's fields and factories among all…

We in Canada and the United States are justifiably proud of our joint record, but we claim no monopoly on that formula.

This is the peaceful way, the sensible way, and the fair way to settle problems, whether between two nations that are close neighbors or among many nations widely separated.

Our trade with each other is far greater than that of any other two nations on earth.

The St. Lawrence project stirs the imagination long accustomed to majestic distances and epic undertakings.

For the courtesy of appearing before you, as for other courtesies, I am sure I am largely indebted to my good friend, Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

Canada and the United States have reached the point where we no longer think of each other as 'foreign' countries.

The record flow of goods and the high standard of living it indicates, on both sides of the border, provide a practical demonstration of the benefits of the democratic way of life and a free economy.

The Rush-Bagot Agreement was stated in less than 150 words.

We think of each other as friends, as peaceful and cooperative neighbors on a spacious and fruitful continent.

With such friends we face the future unafraid.

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare, on the basis of the investigation and report of the United States Tariff Commission, that changed circumstances require the…

Accordingly, pursuant to the said section 11 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby modify the said proclamation of September 5, 1939

This proclamation shall become effective on the fifth day after the date of its signature

Peace cannot be built on a foundation of human want.

The will for peace without the strength for peace is of no avail.

Our obligation, as citizens of the strongest nation in the world, is to lead the peoples of the earth toward the goal of lasting peace.

When the peoples of the world shall accept the principle that it is the will of God that there be peace--there will be peace.

The only security for the United States, or for any other nation, when the alternative to peace is death and destruction, lies in the abolition of war.

A healthy citizenry is the most important element in our national strength.