I welcome this opportunity to work with you in this historic period.

Today our system, our society--and our Government, of which you are soon to be part--stand as the most successful in the history of man.

This is no small challenge. Small men with small horizons could never be adequate to that challenge.

Through most of my career--and through most of your adult lives--the thrust of our public policies and attitudes has been dominated by memory of the stock market crash, the great depression, and the events of the 1930's that led back to…

Above all, I urge the American people to heed the conclusions of this Commission.

Will Rogers once made a very wise observation. He said: 'We are a funny people. We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, and then go home and start daring 'era to make good.'

We shall need to be--as Americans have always been--prudent and practical in what we undertake.

They reaffirmed their determination to support the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations and to do all in their power to strengthen the systems of regional alliance in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East to which they both…

They discussed existing proposals for this purpose and an outline of some new proposals presented by the British Government.

They recognized also that a nation's defense policy must be based on a sound economy.

They also agreed on the urgency of a world-wide effort to promote the non-dissemination and non-acquisition of nuclear weapons, and of continuing Western initiatives towards arms control and disarmament.

Whenever liberty is threatened, whenever the choice is between freedom and slavery, the voice of Parliament will be heard and the support of the British will be ready.

There will always be an England.

The British love liberty and they embrace freedom and they despise bondage.

Dear Mr. President: I learned with deep regret of your resignation, although I appreciate the reasons for your decision.

Your devotion to the principles of peace and social justice and your gallant struggle with affliction will remain an inspiration to us all.

Mrs. Johnson joins me in hoping that you will enjoy a quick and complete recovery.

I have tried to follow her advice.