Will it be owned by a handful of the wealthy people, or will we preserve it for the pleasure of every American?

I see an America where picnic areas are within an hour's drive of every city.

I propose that we establish an American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, composed of members of Congress and the Executive Branch and distinguished and outstanding Americans appointed by the President.

In planning this Bicentennial Celebration, we must remember that we are celebrating not only the birth of American ideals, but the birth of ideals that today encircle the globe.

We must never forget Thomas Jefferson's proud and confident declaration of the meaning of the American Revolution in the whole long sweep of human history.

I will never slacken for a moment my efforts to make this a more beautiful nation.

Nothing in our proud heritage surpasses the significance of that great struggle for freedom nearly two hundred years ago.

The Bicentennial Commission will help us commemorate the American Revolution with all the dignity and spirit it deserves.

I believe that we can avoid that fate.

I want to be judged--as we judge the great conservationists of yesterday--as benefactors of our people and as builders of a more beautiful America.

We can't leave it as we found it, but we can improve on what we have.

I see an America where city parks and plazas, as numerous as today's parking lots, bring rest and relaxation to shoppers and to office workers.

This is the great conservation. This is the way that we must go.

The federal government seeks to share its knowledge, its experience and its research in this area.

The entire nation is united in concern over crime.

I expect Dr. Brimmer to be a right-money man.

Crime—the fact of crime and the fear of crime—marks the life of every American.

It has come because we have learned the economic facts of life and we now realize that recession and inflation are not inevitable.