09/20/1966
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"Our Nation must live by its vision, must live by its faith, or we won't live at all."
"I think I speak for every American when I tell you how very proud and how impressed, how grateful we are for what you and all the many members of your team have accomplished on the Mariner 4 mission."
"In the terms of the Navy, for which we all have such great respect, I say, 'Well done.'"
"In the works of space, as in the works of peace, this great Nation of ours stands always ready to join with any others--to join with all others--and we are ready as I speak now."