We have pledged every American child the right to all the education that he can take.

Our economy is surging.

In that century you have proved time and again the power of a handshake, a meal, and a song.

Even when other armies have disbanded, I hope that this one will still be on the firing line: an army whose foes are hunger and hopelessness; an army whose happy battle cry is a call to 'brighten the corner where you are.'

I believe that we can maintain it.

Future progress will depend on future responsibility.

With a pledge to heed that good advice, and with genuinely warm appreciation, I proudly accept your award.

I feel a very special gratitude in receiving this honor today--because I think I know something of the men and women who extend it.

The quality of our life must become as much a national issue as the quantity of our goods.

We have pledged our elderly the right to the best treatment that medical science can provide.

A beginning has been made, but what will the outcome be?

Unchecked aggression against free and helpless people would be a very grave threat to our own freedom here in America and would be an offense to our own conscience.

The right to something is not to realize it.

Only under the rule of law, and obedience thereto, can we rightfully claim our heritage of individual freedom.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby request the observance of Sunday, May 1, 1966, as Law Day in the United States of America.

Mine is to prevent one.

No, no. He did not address himself to changing my mind, nor did I address myself to changing his.

I commended Mr. Swidler and Mr. Brown for the dispatch and the comprehensiveness of their report, and I want to thank them again for their prompt action this morning in connection with the Beaumont-Navasota matter.