May our labors help to strengthen the hope for peace and the cause of freedom as have the labors of our predecessors on both sides of the Atlantic.

Your devotion to the principles of peace and social justice and your gallant struggle with affliction will remain an inspiration to us all.

As we stand here this morning in this beautiful sunshine in Washington, I trust that this is only the first of many meetings that will bring men who love peace and who hate war together in the hope that we can make a contribution to peace…

The British love liberty and they embrace freedom and they despise bondage.

I have tried to follow her advice.

The example that you have set shall not be lost.

This Medal of Honor awarded in the name of the Congress is the first such honor to be bestowed upon an American military man for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in our present efforts in the Republic of Viet-Nam.

So, I hope your example, Captain Donlon, will help to inspire others to step forward and to answer 'yes' when their country calls.

This ceremony should remind us all of the times in which we live and the values that make living really worthwhile.

Now let any who suggest that we cannot honor our commitment in Viet-Nam find new strength and new resolution in the actions of this brave man and his comrades in arms far away from us today.

This is a proud moment for all Americans.

I have said I believe in the tight fist and the open mind--a tight fist with money and an open mind to the needs of America.

We are going to put 'thrift' back in the dictionary.

I am asking for your very best effort.

There are so many things, so many more things in the world, that unite us than that divide us.

Communication satellites, atomic rockets, jet transports have made distant capitals into close neighbors.

We are not joined together by experience or convenience in pursuit of temporary goals.

Since World War II, we have sought a Europe growing in intimacy and unity with America.