So let me say, General, simply, as we begin our visit, that this enormous strength has only one purpose, and that purpose is to keep the peace for free men everywhere in the world.

American security depends on the security of the alliance as a whole, and the alliance in turn depends upon the strategic strength of the United States.

Since General LeMay is here with us today, all of you really represent a great monument to his thinking and to his planning.

For so long as there has been an America, there have been times when factions have risen up in our land.

No, I tell you when your country is in trouble, when people are trying to divide, when hate and fear is abroad in the land, it is time for the people of New England to lead the way, to start the march of unity, and to say to the rest of…

The American people can choose to keep government that is responsible, like the kind of government that you have had 3 1/2 years under Jack Kennedy and 10 months under Lyndon Johnson.

Our strength is our surest shelter against war.

For 175 years, through more than 40 national elections, the American people have said, 'No, no, no,' to people who would follow this kind of a course.

We are not the sole captain of the ship.

Responsibility is the issue.

In fact, with the help of Congressman Daddario and Abe Ribicoff, Tom Dodd and John Bailey, and Governor Dempsey, if Connecticut holds its progressive course that you are now following, you will be the first State in the Union to win the…

You have gotten good government because you have insisted on it and because you have been active in it.

I want a prosperous nation, a proud nation, a peaceful nation.

Prudence and progress are the watchwords of this administration that serves you now.

For we have kept America on the move--we have been meeting our needs, we have been solving our problems, we have been fulfilling the hopes of our people.

We must make constant compromise and we must make adjustment.

We don't have a national police force.

In the American character there are those qualities of prudence and progress.