I say to you tonight that the Arkansas delegation in the Congress has made great contributions to the welfare of all of our people.

And this is the partnership we are going to continue between the Government and the people as long as I am your President.

We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able to stay in the labor market.

And those dreams have now come to pass.

I ask each of you to look back to your own lives.

There are two philosophies at each others throat in the world--the Democratic philosophy and the Communist philosophy.

And no man had more vision, more courage, more optimism, more faith, or did more to help build modern America than Robert S. Kerr.

Polluted water is wasted water, and America cannot afford this waste.

We are not out of the woods.

I want to tell you as long as I am President, I intend to keep our defenses the best in all the world.

America's strength has never been the strength of arms alone.

The true strength of America lies in the moral might of our cause.

We pledge to you for as long as we are privileged to be there that we shall do what is right and what is best for all the people of this land.

The truth is simple and the truth is this: Our beloved Nation was never stronger than it is this hour tonight.

It was about 10 months ago that we had a great tragedy in Dallas, Tex.

Peace between nations, and progress in Oklahoma, may seem like very different things.

Three things--and three things only-sustain life on this planet.

And I intend, as long as I am President, to make sure that the American Government is a model of prudence and economy, and that doesn't mean that we are going to neglect the sick or forget the unemployed.