Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.

Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.

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

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.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.

We support the security of both Israel and her neighbors.