In the past year we have added greatly to that national legacy.

I call upon the citizens throughout the nation to participate in observance of that month.

Let us make ourselves worthy of that generosity by pledging to Him our everlasting devotion.

I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Our nation is rich and strong and united in the cause of liberty and justice.

For all the blessings that have been bestowed upon our nation during the past 12 months, it is a small thing to give thanks to Almighty God.

For these blessings should we thank God most of all.

YOU'RE so much in our thoughts that an expression like this is hardly necessary.

Today's failure is a dramatic reminder of the importance of the uninterrupted flow of power to the health, safety, and well being of our citizens and the defense of our country.

A report is expected at the earliest possible moment as to the causes of the failure and the steps you recommend to be taken to prevent a recurrence.

This failure should be immediately and carefully investigated in order to prevent a recurrence.

But now, at last, in this year of our Lord, 1965, we have quit talking and started acting.

I consider the Higher Education Act—with its companion, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which we signed back in the spring of this year—to be the keystones of the great, fabulous 89th Congress.

Today, then, we embark on a new adventure in learning.

the path of knowledge is open to all that have the determination to walk it.

The President's signature upon this legislation passed by this Congress will swing open a new door for the young people of America.

And I think it was then that I made up my mind that this Nation could never rest while the door to knowledge remained closed to any American.

And in my judgment, this Nation can never make a wiser or a more profitable investment anywhere.

It means that a high school senior anywhere in this great land of ours can apply to any college or any university in any of the 50 States and not be turned away because his family is poor.

Education in this day and age is a necessity.

The rest is up to you.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, November 28, 1965, as a day of dedication and prayer, honoring the men and women of South Viet-Nam, of the United States, and of…

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows

And Larry's coming here today reminds all of us in America that the large and the small are equally the concern of their Government-and of us all.

The future of our relations is bright with hope.