Lyndon Johnson

This means more time to prepare for our retaliatory strike and more time for us to decide, to decide with prudence and reason, the scope and the extent of our retaliatory strike.

On this day 177 years ago our forefathers ordained and established the Constitution of the United States.

Do not misjudge America's readiness or America's will.

There is hereby reserved the right to modify or terminate any or all of the provisions of this order.

The treaty we proclaim will lay a new foundation of prosperity for Canadians and Americans, for your West and for ours.

The responsibility for the control of U.S. nuclear weapons rests solely with the President.

We can never forget that the rich soil of American freedom has been washed with Canadian blood, shed in a common effort against foreign enemies.

Each of the great conflicts of this century has begun when nations wrongly thought others would shrink before their might.

Welcome to the United States, Mr. Prime Minister.

The secrets of the atom are known to many people.

Our country is moving forward.

I think I will be guided by an old Chinese proverb: 'When you enter a country, inquire as to what is forbidden; when you cross a boundary, ask about the customs.'

I believe that future generations will have cause for gratitude that two great democracies--Canada and the United States--shared the most generous continent which God has ever granted to man.

Well, I have made careful inquiries and I will eat the salmon and praise the B.C. Lions.

The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed.

This trip to Vancouver is the first that I have taken outside of my own country since I became President last November.

This continent is a richer and freer place for that respect.

A full-scale nuclear exchange between the East and the West would kill almost 300 million people around the world.

A single nuclear weapon can kill more than 526,000.

I proclaim this treaty.

Here is that spirit of adventure and excitement-of building a nation--which is part of the West which is my home also.

We have worked consistently to bring nuclear weapons under careful control, and to lessen the danger of nuclear conflict.

We have achieved this partnership because we respect our differences.

But we will always pursue that goal.

Your Prime Minister has said that 'the great purpose of international statesmanship today must be to... make possible a better life for all.'