But freedom is not enough.

I am delighted at the chance to speak at this important and this historic institution.

The American Negro, acting with impressive restraint, has peacefully protested and marched.

No act of my entire administration will give me greater satisfaction than the day when my signature makes this bill, too, the law of this land.

I am, therefore, proposing certain changes in our coinage system--changes dictated by need-which will help Americans to carry out their daily transactions in the most efficient way possible.

I request stand-by authority to institute controls over the melting and export of coins to assist the protection of our existing and our new silver coinage.

This program that we are meeting about this morning is a Johnson program.

The United States is not exempt from that shortage--and we will not be exempt as it worsens.

I propose no change in either the penny or the nickel.

I want you to quote me.

It is a very exceptional pleasure to welcome all of you this morning.

I regret that the most colorful sight in the Rose Garden this morning is my sunburn.

In a free society, skepticism toward Government is both healthy and imperative and we should welcome it, but private citizens should always guard against allowing such healthy skepticism to corrode or to destroy their respect for their…

In this century of contest, it is well for us all to remember that the harder the contest is, it remains always whether the men shall serve the state or whether the state shall serve men.

In this largest organization of its kind, the executive branch of the Government of the United States, the emphasis is no longer on the faceless mass, but the emphasis is on individual excellence.

Our role will be vital, but we hope that all other industrialized nations, including the Soviet Union, will participate.

The American people want their government to be not only strong but compassionate.

I know of no more urgent task ahead.