None of us would turn away from it.

We have the wisdom and the will to build a great society in the United States.

Our challenge is not to turn back or to look aside--but to go ahead to the work that will make this a better and finer land for all of us.

The right of the workingman to be recognized-and to bargain collectively--must not and will not be compromised as long as I sit in the White House.

But to each one of those 200 men--and we lose about that many in Texas in accidents on the 4th of July--to each one of those 200 men who have given their life to preserve freedom, it is a war and a big war and we recognize it.

In all of the travels of more than 40 countries that I have had, I have had impressed upon me the great faith that the people have in our system of government and in our fairness and our justice as people.

It was an act that I realized was a very serious act.

I need not take any of your time to tell you how much this State and this particular area of the State means to me.

We will not indulge in any fear or any smear.

Any one of those problems can turn into serious events that would bring great shock to our country.

We want prosperity here at home where the laborer is worthy of his hire and where he gets a chance to get decent wages for his work.

And most of them like what we have so well they would like to have a little of it themselves.

I didn't start any war, although I would like very much to see the free people of Cuba be able to govern themselves without the dictations of Mr. Castro.

But there is no country that is willing to do that, that we know of, so neutralization is not very practical at this stage of the game.

And to leave it prepared always to defend itself; to leave it willing always to meet any neighbor halfway and do him justice; leave it a prosperous Nation, where every child has an opportunity to get an education, where every man has an…

We don't question the motives of our adversaries; we don't spend the time talking about the people that oppose us.

But we think that it is better to lose 200 than to lose 200,000.

This is a very nice thing for you to do for us, and we appreciate it very much.