To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.

No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God. Every president has taken comfort and courage when toldthat the Lord 'will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.' Each of our presidents in his own way has placed a special trust in God. Those who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, 'What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.'

There are no 'white' or 'coloured' signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.