I want it done in my time.

We are declaring that the health of our people is just equally worthy of that support, equally important to the Nation's future.

This gives me a chance, again, to especially express the appreciation of the President and the people of this Nation to the distinguished artist, Mr. Gregory Peck.

The loneliest moment I ever had in my life was when I learned that my mother was gone from me, because of this terrible disease.

If we are intense--and the slang expression is 'hipped'--on any subjects around here, it is food for our bodies, for our children, and education for their minds and health for their physiques.

I regard the institution of the Presidency as requiring responsible leadership, and I think the country expects the President to provide that leadership.

It will not only be self-satisfying to those of us who have a part in it, but it will be financially responsible and productive.

I hope you will give it prompt and sympathetic consideration.

My judgment is that the money we have in the impacted areas, milk for children who can afford to pay for it, land-grant college aid, defense loans, some of those items we have cut, from the Record that I read every morning, they are going…

I would answer all your questions in one sentence, that there is not any information that I could give you that would add to what you have read in the papers.

We are learning to think of good health not as a privilege for the few, but as a basic right for all.

Now we can and we are going to change all of that.

No, I would not use that word, and I did not advocate that.

This program, I think, will help us reach that goal.

I believe it would be unfortunate to delay protection to these late enrollees--some of whom are those with the greatest need for medical insurance.

The world's wealthiest nation can never be satisfied until we are the world's healthiest.

There is a very adequate free flow of information out there, and everything that is reported to this Government in that field is pretty well known to you either simultaneously, by the time I get it, or maybe sometimes a little ahead of me.

We had a good constructive meeting.