There are serious problems there, but also things that are better in a good many situations than we anticipated.

I don't think, other than what the letter reflects, we ought to speculate on just what condition I'll be in when I retire, and what position I'll be able to take or assume.

Measles vaccine today promises victory over disease which kills from 20 to 30 percent of all the people of other countries.

And as the leader of this country, I plan to set some goals--some realistic, ambitious, farsighted goals--goals of vision.

The artificial kidney gives invalids new hope for normal and productive life.

We always find that you have less space than you need.

We are determined that research and discovery yield results which not only increase man's knowledge but the strength of his body and the length of his life.

Your Government and you Americans are going to successfully conclude that war that you have declared on these ancient enemies.

This act flows from a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that wrong.

If you do this, then you will find, as others have found before you, that the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are…

So, let me now say to every Negro in this country: You must register. You must vote.

I intend to act with equal dispatch in enforcing this act.

It is not just a question of guilt, although there is that.

The time for waiting is gone.

The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.

We will not delay, or we will not hesitate, or we will not turn aside until Americans of every race and color and origin in this country have the same right as all others to share in the process of democracy.

This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless.

Freedom and justice and the dignity of man are not just words to us.