
A single nuclear weapon can kill more than 526,000.
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A single nuclear weapon can kill more than 526,000.

This trip to Vancouver is the first that I have taken outside of my own country since I became President last November.

The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed.

Well, I have made careful inquiries and I will eat the salmon and praise the B.C. Lions.

I think I will be guided by an old Chinese proverb: 'When you enter a country, inquire as to what is forbidden; when you cross a boundary, ask about the customs.'

A full-scale nuclear exchange between the East and the West would kill almost 300 million people around the world.

This continent is a richer and freer place for that respect.

I believe that future generations will have cause for gratitude that two great democracies--Canada and the United States--shared the most generous continent which God has ever granted to man.

Welcome to the United States, Mr. Prime Minister.

The responsibility for the control of U.S. nuclear weapons rests solely with the President.

The secrets of the atom are known to many people.

We can never forget that the rich soil of American freedom has been washed with Canadian blood, shed in a common effort against foreign enemies.

The treaty we proclaim will lay a new foundation of prosperity for Canadians and Americans, for your West and for ours.

There is hereby reserved the right to modify or terminate any or all of the provisions of this order.

Here is that spirit of adventure and excitement-of building a nation--which is part of the West which is my home also.

We have achieved this partnership because we respect our differences.

But we will always pursue that goal.