No American, young or old, must ever be denied the right to dissent.

You will have to earn your tomorrow.

I bring you the pride and the hope of a Nation that cherishes excellence and commitment, and that has never needed your kind of excellence and commitment more than it needs it right now.

I appreciate the work that this board has done.

We count upon you as individuals.

I do not believe that you want it said of your generation that you committed social suicide.

But I also want to challenge you.

We prize your individuality.

Those recommendations form the framework for a just and prompt settlement, which is in the national interest.

What we really do is count upon you.

Our dizzying ability to discard the old and to create the new...all these and more are the challenges that surround you.

The recommendations of the board reflect the highest order of judgment, imagination, and wisdom.

So I welcome you here today as members of very distinguished company.

I have tried to keep young by meeting with the young and learning from them.

We hope that never again will an older American need to go without basic medical care simply because he can't afford it.

I see it as a blessing.

I believe with your help, with your leadership, we are going to get that action.

Anything which touches the lives of so many citizens asks for Government action.