03/27/1968
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"We think this program is just."
"Mr. President, I am confident that our nations have the resources and the energies to move these goals, to solve these problems, to face these tasks that confront us both."
"I know that as the Nation has been made stronger by your service, so will the memory of John F. Kennedy be made richer by your book."
"To these great tasks, Mr. President, our peoples bring not only courage, industry, and initiative, but we also bring a love of freedom and independence and a tremendous reservoir of good will."