So, Lake Erie just must be saved.

I do not know how long it is going to take to rebuild our cities.

I always enjoy coming to Buffalo and this great area of the State of New York.

This is a problem that must be met not only by the Federal Government, but by every government, State and local, and by all the people of America.

I came here today to pledge to you that the Federal Government, as long as I have anything to do with it, is going to meet its responsibilities.

Let me be perfectly candid with you: This job cannot be done just in Washington alone.

And I believe that we are doing that.

And unless you become indignant, unless you people are concerned with the treatment of the poor in your town, unless you can get a boiling point, unless you can go out and look after your neighbors, unless you can make justice for others a…

After more than 30 years of national debate in the United States, 19 million older Americans have now crossed the line from the shadows of uncertainty to the land of security.

The Psalms say, 'Cast me not off in the time of old age.'

So, the first thing we should pledge ourselves to do is to take the profit out of poverty.

I think it is wrong for some people to line their pockets with the tattered dollars of the poor.

It is the people who live in our cities and the quality of the lives they lead that should concern every public servant today.

For my part this afternoon as your President, I pledge that this administration is going to do all that it can to build great cities for a great society.

This system will at once prevent raw pollutants from entering your lake and it will purify at an economical cost the water that does reach it.

To pass a law is not to achieve a final result. To spend money is not to guarantee success.

We know that Hill-Burton has added more than 8,000 facilities to serve 4,000 communities.

I particularly want to thank all the members of the New York delegation who could come with me today, both Democrats and Republicans.