The new billion-dollar Asian Development Bank, which has its headquarters in Manila, offers the nations of Asia a cooperative pool of resources for the giant tasks ahead.
As commanders in chief, you and I know that it is never easy to commit men to battle.
As old comrades in arms, we have made plans to join in a new alliance.
The enemy which is hunger; the enemy which is disease; the enemy which is ignorance.
Let me assure you now that we are never as mad as we actually sound.
Our thoughts of what we could, what we should, and what we must do to meet these problems.
And I want you to know that the welcome comes from all the people of this land who respect the work and sacrifice of your great nation.
And what you work for--you are ready to defend.
What you yearn for, you work for.
Today we are joined in our hopes for a peaceful and a prosperous world.
We will look to the time when the nations who live by the side of that great ocean need no longer fear their neighbors; to a time when plent...