To each generation belongs the task of advancing freedom; of guarding it jealously; of nurturing it; of strengthening its institutions.

I also pledged my administration to helping all of our countries meet the goals of the alliance.

AS I STATED on August 17, on the fourth anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, our vital alliance is perhaps the greatest adventure that this hemisphere has embarked upon since Columbus reached our shore five centuries ago.

In determining the scope of the United States effort, we will want to examine carefully with you at that time the requirements of the hemisphere, in the light of progress made through self-help measures and the contributions which by then…

No one of us who lived on that terrible November day will ever be able to forget what happened then or what we lost there.

Recognizing that fulfillment of our goals will require the continuation of the joint effort beyond 1971, I wish to inform the Conference--and through you, your respective governments--that the United States will be prepared to extend…

There is no man in the House of Representatives who has supported your people and your President more loyally than your Congressman, Henry B. Gonzalez.

America's greatness is training for the unemployed.

And in the search for that greatness, we search also for a real and lasting peace.

America's greatness is willingness to lend a helping hand to our neighbors from other lands who seek freedom here in our shores.

We want to help build a world where reason will replace rockets.

And if we believe in them, and we unite ourselves, then we can do them.

America's greatness is bringing the miracle of modern medicine to every humble citizen of this land.

America's greatness is guaranteeing to every child all the education that he or she can take.

America's greatness is equality of race, respect of religion, and blindness of color.

And that is what American greatness means to me.

That is why I had such a very special interest in your election 4 years ago--and that is why I have come back here to San Antonio today.

America's greatness is the helping hand to the child of the slum.