You will always be accompanied by our affection and admiration.

My concern for your health and knowledge of the physical stress that further duty would impose had prepared me for your decision.

We always hate to see anyone depart, particularly men like Mr. Trowbridge.

I think we shouldn’t play politics with the war and try to associate it with name-calling.

While I don’t want to be inconsiderate of him, I do think that it is in your interest and the Nation’s interest that this man, with his background, his experience, and his knowledge of conditions there be there at this critical stage.

I would hope that that statement could end the gossip and the rumors about General Westmoreland's future.

The imprint of your devoted and dynamic leadership goes deep beyond the day.

Does that make it clear to anybody and everybody, including all the foreign press that may want to pick it up?

Lady Bird and I ask God's blessing on that.

In March, more than 17 million older citizens will receive a social security increase of some 13 percent.

The first order of business is the prompt enactment by the Congress of the penny on the dollar tax increase that we will need to pay for part of our extraordinary defense costs.

The feelings against Catholics did run deep in 1928 in this country.

Today we are launching a program to provide work in community service projects for retired or unemployed citizens who are 55 and over.

Do we believe that these things can come about peacefully?

In December we signed a social security bill. It affected the lives of millions of people directly.

And those beliefs have been changed.

I will continue to look to the Council of Economic Advisers for advice on guarding our prosperity against inflation.

There is beauty and toughness to this man's life.

President Truman proposed Medicare. But you testified for it--and you worked for it.

When you can triple manpower and when you can more than double aid to poverty in one administration, it is something that you are not justified in saying is being completely neglected.

Do we really believe that every American is entitled to a decent education, decent housing, decent job at a decent wage?

Art brings many special talents to this new job.

You know I am a supporter of your work.

I stand here with one eye wet and one eye dry.

But few deserve it more than the great man whom I have come here to pay my respects to and whom you have come here tonight to honor.