The two Presidents expressed their determination to improve the relations between the frontier cities of both countries, and to elevate the life of those who live in the border region.

The Presidents expressed their conviction that these also constitute the foundation of the firm friendship between Mexico and the United States.

The two Presidents expressed their determination to create an Abraham Lincoln Fund in Mexico and a Benito Juarez Fund in the United States in order to grant scholarships to the youth of the hemisphere who might be selected by a Joint…

President Johnson reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to the same fundamental principles, as well as its commitment to a continuing search for peace throughout the world.

We must demonstrate to our peoples that their destiny is not class struggle but common struggle to achieve that proud and that modern Latin America which is at once the dream of a generation and the interest of the world community.

To understand people, you must know them and to properly speak for them and represent them, you must love them.

Come what may, may we always be good neighbors—and may we always be good amigos.

All my life the Mexican people have been my friends and my playmates, my closest associates and my most trusted allies, and my most loyal supporters.

No nation ever had more competent or more loyal or more dedicated public employees than the United States of America, and no department ever had more of those kinds of employees than the Department of State.

Mr. President, my friends: It is impossible for me to tell you how proud I am to be here with you today.

We are encouraged that democracy flourishes in countries such as Mexico where expenditures for education and development are high.

Mister President, our distinguished Secretary of State, the majority leader of the United States Senate, the minority leader of the United States Senate, leaders of our House of Representatives, join me on this occasion in thanking you for…

Mr. President, we salute you for the leadership that you are providing your own great nation and the contribution you are making to other nations in the world in a program that will bring peace to all humankind.

There was a stronger friendship that exists between the people than exists today.

We present that statue to people that we consider our most treasured friends.

And if I could have my one wish granted today, it would be that we could live in a world where we had the same peaceful relations with our neighbors as we have with the people of Mexico.

So when I come to Mexico, I feel that I come to the home of my friends.

This is almost a homecoming for the Johnson family.