When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.

The only unchangable certainty in life is that nothing is unchangable or certain.

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news-- that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere.

Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.

Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.