There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their creed or their national origin - where every citizen is free to think and speak as he pleases and write and worship as he pleases - and where every citizen is free to vote as he pleases, without instructions from anyone, his employer, the union leader or his clergyman.

And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in their deployment may well be regarded as a definite threat to peace.

There is nothing more certain and unchanging than uncertainty and change.

I also want to take cognizance of the fact that this flight was made out in the open with all the possibilities of failure, which would have been damaging to our country's prestige. Because great risks were taken in that regard, it seems to me that we have some right to claim that this open society of ours which risked much, gained much.

Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world