FEW PRESIDENTS have had a more complicated task than the one you successfully accomplished yesterday.

There can be no greater tribute.

On behalf of the United States Government and people I express sincere admiration for your wisdom, courage and tenacity.

But I came here tonight--at the end of a long day--to tell you that we are moving and that we shall not turn back.

I came here tonight to tell you that we are moving and that we shall not turn back.

I will sleep tonight in the house where Lincoln slept.

There are some who think that the Negro should be denied inclusion in our society.

But we did not act.

I said that its object would be to help the Negro American move beyond opportunity to achievement.

I think I am pretty well aware of Senator Dirksen's feelings.

We are studying all the indicators.

And now the awakening has come.

I believe there are many more areas of agreement for us than there are disagreement.

I am hopeful that the results obtained during our Federal Government campaign will set an example for the rest of the Nation.

We will achieve our objectives here and there.

I think that you will find that the historians will record that you lived in a period when we made greater progress in health, education, conservation, and development throughout the world than in any similar period in history.

Our policies are moving forward according to schedule.

We are very hopeful that the Congress will agree with us on the wisdom of our proposals and in due time will act upon them.