I think it is shameful that they should continue to exist.

Last year your Congressmen and the Johnson administration declared that the time for Medicare is now.

We will be looking, we will be listening, and I suspect we will be talking some of the time.

That is why I have enjoyed my afternoon with the Governor of your State, with the mayors of your cities, with your county leaders, with your civic leaders without regard to race or religion or population, or even the name of your town.

We must open new opportunities to all of our people, so that everyone and not just a fortunate few will have access to decent homes and decent schools and good parks and good jobs.

But I do know this: it must not--and will not--take us forever.

Now many of the conditions that we seek to tame should never have come about.

It is a monument to all the goals that men can attain when they work together for the common good.

For 3 years my administration has been concerned with the question: What do we want our cities to finally become?

Advances in medical technology have extended man's capacities, freeing him from many of the limitations caused by disability.

Work continues to be indispensable to his security, well-being, and growth.

You are here because your fellow citizens have faith in your ability not to just learn about your Government, but to make a contribution to your Government.

When we are dealing with Americans in combat--daily risking their lives for the cause of freedom--then fairness compels this action.

Never has the day of the young person in government, in my judgment, been so promising.

I am very happy this morning to pay my respects to the biggest group of Washington summer interns in our history--and I hope the busiest group.

Let us not throw up thoughtless barriers which prevent them from contributing their share to society.

No one contributes more to his country or deserves more from his country than the young man who serves in his country's armed forces any time that his country needs him.

Our society has blossomed because it offers to all the hope of achieving the fullness of life.