
The thing that I have wanted most to do when I left public office would be to try to inspire and to promote young people's interest in government.
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The thing that I have wanted most to do when I left public office would be to try to inspire and to promote young people's interest in government.

I say to you today, that your generation has a rendezvous with tomorrow.

I believe there is no greater calling and no greater challenge to any young person today than public service, serving the public of your country.

Item 943.10 (reflecting, with modifications, Proclamation No. 3212 which effected the increased rate of duty) is deleted from the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States.

We have told them, we have told them time and time again, that we prefer words to bullets, that we would much rather negotiate and talk than fight.

The true costs of this conflict are death, pain, and grief; interrupted careers and separation from loved ones.

Our prosperity does not depend on our military effort.

My confident answer to each of these questions is YES.

We have learned how to achieve prosperity.

We are prepared to sign such a treaty, making it applicable to nuclear and nonnuclear countries alike.

Poison kills only where there is no antidote.

The quality of American life increasingly depends on the physical, economic, aesthetic, and social qualities of our urban centers.

The limited test ban treaty lit a candle of hope in the darkness.

The avoidance of war and particularly nuclear war is the central, common concern of all mankind.

This partnership has written the story of American success.

For such an extension, the United States will require only that number and kind of inspections which modern science shows to be necessary to assure that the treaty is being faithfully observed.

Each of these steps would contribute toward reducing the danger and destruction of war.

To store drugs and poisons within easy reach of children, or to store them along side of food, is as foolish as leaving a loaded pistol lying around the house—and as dangerous.