Our first objective will always be to assure nondiscriminatory operation rather than to put an end to programs which are vital to the welfare of all Americans.
It shall be my purpose and it is my duty to make it a fact.
Unless we can do better, two-thirds of all Americans now living will suffer or will die from cancer, from heart disease, or stroke.
Through most of my career--and through most of your adult lives--the thrust of our public policies and attitudes has been dominated by memor...
Will Rogers once made a very wise observation. He said: 'We are a funny people. We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, and...
Above all, I urge the American people to heed the conclusions of this Commission.
I welcome this opportunity to work with you in this historic period.
This is no small challenge. Small men with small horizons could never be adequate to that challenge.
We are going to not just establish a Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke to recommend steps to reduce the incidence of these dise...
We shall need to be--as Americans have always been--prudent and practical in what we undertake.
Heart disease, cancer, and stroke can be conquered--not in a millennium, not in a century, but in the next few onrushing decades.