Tonight, as we balance history's ledger, I want to say of the 89th Congress: 'An inspired group of dedicated Americans, representing a sense of national purpose, have written for the United States a new chapter in greatness.'
Remarks at the President's Salute to Congress.
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Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.
Sometimes it is your job to go out and scout the road, to encounter and overcome the difficulties that always accompany such a vast new venture as this.
In that pursuit, Mr. President, United States support will be gladly given.
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