My lady and I spent our honeymoon, we say to you today, mi casa es su casa.

Mr. President, viva Mexico.

Our border is long and it is friendly.

So, Mr. President, in all that you do and in all that I do we try to preserve the freedom of our people, to protect the treasures of our society, and to always enhance the dignity of our people.

We seek to give everyone an opportunity to achieve his highest aspirations.

Houston's destiny and America's destiny is greatness, and that greatness will be fulfilled by the faith we place in our responsible vision.

On the 50 years past, you have my congratulations; on the 50 years ahead, you have the Nation's confidence.

Many factors have contributed to Houston's growth and the growth of our great gulf coast.

I wish to be equal to your confidence, and to the hopes of all of the people of America.

Good night to all of you, and thanks to all America.

Now, tonight, our purpose must be to bind up our wounds, to heal our history, and to make this Nation whole.

I ask all those who supported me and all those that opposed me to forget our differences, because there are many more things in America that unite us than divide us.

I do not know what happened in every hamlet or voting box in America today, but I think I discerned what happened in all America today.

You will renew the most solemn sacrament of democracy--the consent of the governed from which the just powers of government derive.

I ask the renewal of your trust, not in a dark hour of tragedy, but on your confidence in my ability to be an instrument of America's purpose.

I do not accept Government as just the 'art of the practicable.'

I watched, and sometimes helped, as a compassionate Nation built new protection for the helpless and the needy.

It was here in Austin that I first learned that America is many people, from many countries, speaking many languages, many colors, with many different ideas, but moving always closer and closer together.