The American farmer does a terrific job and will do a better job without the restraints this bill would have imposed.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Lowell W. Perry.

International cooperation that assures mutual respect among nations is more essential than ever.

The world we now live in is increasingly fluid and complex, containing many new centers of power.

Strength and progress come from cooperation rather than from conflict.

We recognize that every State has the right to adopt its own system of government and its own economic and social organization.

The durability of our inter-American system rests on its ability to adapt to changing hemispheric and world conditions.

There is no reason we cannot conquer the last vestiges of poverty in a hemisphere which is so richly endowed.

The knowledge you bring to this country as you study in our universities and colleges gives us the benefit of your unique backgrounds.

There is absolutely no substitute for person-to-person relationships.

I hope and trust that you will come back and see us again.

I am delighted to welcome all of you in the Rose Garden at the White House.

Asian traditions have blended in this case very successfully with modern technology to produce a prosperous and a very progressive society.

Singapore has compiled a tremendous reputation and record of accomplishment.

We are here, all of us this evening, to welcome to Washington the very distinguished Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee of Singapore.

Our commitments in Southeast Asia and elsewhere... are honored and will be honored.

We are determined to deal affirmatively with those problems, and we will deal with them.

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