It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to the Congress. At present, the total facilities of all the licensed day-care centers in the Nation can take care of only 185,000 children. Nearly 500,000 children under 12 must take care of themselves while their mothers work. This, it seems to me, is a formula for disaster.

'The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom. I know the United States Army will live up to its reputation for imagination, resourcefulness, and spirit as we meet this challenge.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.

The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control of us.

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in.