In this America--this lively, stirring, exciting America of today--our hearts, as well as our homes, are open to you, open to you always.

Peace among all nations, peace for all mankind.

He called us to greatness--and we shall never forget either the man or his call.

In this new office he will speak not only for an administration but he will speak for an entire Nation, firmly, earnestly, and responsibly committed to the strength and to the success of the United Nations in its works for peace around the…

All through our Nation's history the prosperity of our people--as well as the safety of our people--has been tied very closely to the role that we play on the seas of the world.

But we do seek equality of treatment.

Expanding our overseas trade is a matter that this Nation must give the highest priority.

We covet nothing of other nations.

He will always have direct and ready access to, and the full and respectful confidence of, the President of the United States and the Secretary of State.

The roads we walk and the lanes we sail lead toward a more prosperous world.

At the insistence of the President of his country, he has accepted this call to duty.

In all the fields of transportation, our future progress depends upon the willingness of many different groups and interests to cooperate in a manner to which they are not always accustomed.

We mean to win the wars that we have declared: the wars against poverty, the wars against ignorance, the wars against disease, the wars against discrimination and bias and bigotry.

This is the house of all of the American people.

Justice Goldberg, like Governor Stevenson, is a son of Illinois.

Our yearning for peace and for justice on this earth, and our quest for the dignity of all mankind, are not the yearning and quest of one heart but of 190 million.

It will provide a challenge and an opportunity for teachers with a sense of mission-those best suited to the momentous tasks this Nation faces in improving education.

The fellowships are essential if teaching is to attract a higher proportion of our ablest young people, and if the best teaching is to prevail in the classroom.