Automotive vehicles traveling over those roads account for more than 90 percent of this country's personal travel.

Our unequalled highway network, constantly being expanded and improved, makes us the most mobile country in the history of man

We must continue to plan our highway system so that it will contribute to the rational use of urban space as well as to pleasant and convenient transportation through the countryside.

Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America, particularly with respect to the conduct of the foreign relations of this Nation

The aim of the Alliance is to build new societies.

Despite continuing improvement in highway safety design, the toll of highway accidents is steadily rising; that toll must be reversed.

It is essential that Americans understand and appreciate the importance of highway transportation to their social and economic progress, and to the defense of our Nation

It is essential that Americans understand and appreciate the importance of highway transportation to their social and economic progress, and to the defense of our Nation.

Modern vehicles travel at greater speeds over longer distances than ever before; we must make certain that they are equal to the rigorous demands placed upon them by modern high-speed travel

You had no particular occasion to become intimately familiar with the work of the Central Intelligence Agency, but you were willing to serve your country again.

I urge Federal, State, and local government officials, as well as highway industry organizations, and other organizations having a public-spirited interest in our national highways, to hold appropriate ceremonies during that week in…

Above all, you brought your truly extraordinary capacity for management, for looking to the future, for planning the further creative development of an intricate organization.

Americans have just cause to celebrate the progress that has been made in highway transportation in this Nation.

We have doubled the miles of paved streets and roads in the past 20 years, and our unequalled highway network, constantly being expanded and improved, makes us the most mobile country in the history of man.

The Alliance has shattered the myths that 5 years ago threatened its promise.

Yet increased highway travel has also magnified many problems.

We must continue to plan our highway system so that it will contribute to the rational use of urban space as well as to pleasant and convenient transportation through the countryside

Virtually everything that moves from field and factory to the home utilizes this system in one way or another.

The continued growth of highway travel reflects the continued population growth in our country and the desire of our citizens for greater mobility.

The true measure of our work is in its impact upon our peoples.

American ingenuity and determination are constantly being applied to improve and expand this system.

Then, when you had gone to a well-earned retirement--you had taken up another congenial occupation--I called you back to Washington, once again asking you to undertake for your country what may have been the most formidable task of your…

The health of this hemisphere is the business of the house in which we have assembled this morning to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Alliance for Progress.

Without careful planning, more and better highways between our cities only serve to increase traffic congestion within the cities themselves.

The daily working partnership they have achieved is a remarkable example of creative Federalism.