
You residents of Iowa know the value of trade.
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You residents of Iowa know the value of trade.

The heart of America's purposes and policies is concerned with the strength, the safety, the stability, and the greater success of the Atlantic lands and peoples.

I am very proud of the program and of you.

In our increasingly interdependent world, there is no room for the restrictiveness that leads to counter-restriction--and finally to the rivalries and conflict that undermine the foundations of free alliances and the pillars of peace.

I believe the young people of America want to be a part of a society that meets its duty, and that never fails its duty.

I have the highest confidence that you will, by your hands and your hearts, turn on many lights at home and in the world, to make this a brighter world for your fellow man.

Free trade is both sensible economics and sane politics.

I say here today as I have said before, our guard is up but our hand is always out; our ears are open and our minds are not closed.

I believe passionately that your future is light and not darkness; decency and not depravity.

Every hour of every day that is mine is devoted to doing what we know to do to assure that kind of future for you.

We of the United States are honored, Mr. Prime Minister, that your flag and our flag fly together, side by side, in the efforts these times require to preserve the peace of the world.

I said you had a little trouble talking Ed back in from his walk the other day, do you think you might be able to persuade him to come up to see me this week if I can get down to Texas?

America is looking for those lights--looking through the darkness and shadows to see the signals that will mean there is hope for peace.

Well, we're mighty glad that you have had a safe return. We're all very proud of you, and we are looking forward to seeing you.

I do not despair of an abiding personal belief that the peoples--and the leaders--of the free democracies can achieve the same unity and find the same great common purpose in peace that we had in war.

We are proud of them, and happy for the success of this peaceful adventure on mankind's newest frontier.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the He--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

The truth of America's purposes cannot be veiled.