No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada.

But I also tell you that in the years to come my country will spare no effort to achieve a lasting peace for all of us.

We will not let our might make the United States muscle-bound.

I won't say that Vancouver reminds me of Texas.

Total war makes no sense ....

I will say, though, when I go home, that Texas reminds me of Vancouver.

We will always stand with you in the defense of freedom.

I do not want us to fight a war that no one ever meant to begin.

We both have problems we must solve within our borders.

It is appropriate that this first trip should be to Canada.

This Texan hopes that you still feel that freedom, for we welcome the comments and the counsel which spring, as yours do, from friendship and understanding.

Those of us who seek peace know that only wisdom and patience, and the fortitude of long effort, can bring us near to that goal.

We must learn to live with each other or we will destroy each other.

We have never rattled our rockets or come carelessly to the edge of war.

My country is grateful for the spacious spirit with which this generous design was conceived and with the way it was carried out, even down to the last quarter.

We are at once neighbors and friends, and partners and allies, and I am very glad my first stop is Vancouver.

I feel, as I know you feel, that I want only the best in the world for our great Nation and for our people.

I recognize, as I know you recognize, that we cannot be the leader of the world and the follower in space.