The gains since 1954 must be steppingstones to greater fulfillment, not future reminders of what might have been.

The answer to that question just must be yes; and I believe it will be yes.

No group in America has done more for the cause of social justice than the UAW and no leader has shown more competence or courage in that cause than has Walter Reuther.

We waste manpower all over this country.

Today the per capita income of this region is 69 percent of the national average, compared to 45 percent at the time of TVA's creation.

Under the leadership of the UAW we have brought many of those blessings to the people of this Nation.

It should be possible to reduce travel that might be desirable rather than essential, such as for attendance at professional conferences or meetings.

I am honored to receive this award.

Our goal ought to be not just any job for everybody, but a job that uses all that every man and woman has to offer.

They said the Catholic and the Jew would perpetually stand outside the door.

Some travel, which seemed important at the time your 1967 budget request was formulated, should be reconsidered in light of the substantial increase in demands on the economy since that time.

What has happened is the chronicle of a people beginning to realize that what is written in the books of their laws should also be written in the daily chapters of their lives.

The owner of a corner grocery store has just as much right to the help of his Government as the president of a big supermarket.

I want you, not later than the 26th of this month, to start accepting new small business loan applications in all your regional offices throughout the country.

The father of the free enterprise system, Mr. Adam Smith, described the value of the small businessman in these words: 'A small proprietor . . . who knows every part of his little territory, who views it with all the affection which…

A man's desire to become his own boss has always been a part of our national dream.

Let's make small business one of the biggest growth industries in the country.

In operating your agency, I want you to keep in mind that there is really no such thing as a small businessman.