Americans Never Quit.

It Is My Earnest Hope - Indeed The Hope Of All Mankind - That From This Solemn Occasion A Better World Shall Emerge Out Of The Blood And Carnage Of The Past, A World Found Upon Faith And Understanding, A World Dedicated To The Dignity Of Man And The Fulfillment Of His Most Cherished Wish For Freedom, Tolerance And Justice.

Like The Old Soldier Of The Ballad, I Now Close My Military Career And Just Fade Away, An Old Soldier Who Tried To Do His Duty As God Gave Him The Light To See That Duty. Goodbye.

The Issues Which Today Confront The Nation Are Clearly Defined And So Fundamental As To Directly Involve The Very Survival Of The Republic. Are We Going To Preserve The Religious Base To Our Origin, Our Growth And Our Progress, Or Yield To The Devious Assaults Of Atheistic Or Other Anti-religious Forces? Are We Going To Maintain Our Present Course Toward State Socialism With Communism Just Beyond Or Reverse The Present Trend And Regain Our Hold Upon Our Heritage Of Liberty And Freedom?

I Promise To Keep On Living As Though I Expected To Live Forever. Nobody Grows Old By Merely Living A Number Of Years. People Grow Old Only Be Deserting Their Ideals. Years May Wrinkle The Skin, But To Give Up Interest Wrinkles The Soul.

Years May Wrinkle The Skin, But To Give Up Interest Wrinkles The Soul. You Are As Young As Your Faith, As Old As Your Doubt; As Young As Your Self-confidence, As Old As Your Fear; As Young As Your Hope As Old As Your Despair. In The Central Place Of Every Heart There Is A Recording Chamber. So Long As It Receives Messages Of Beauty, Hope, Cheer And Courage, So Long Are You Young. When Your Heart Is Covered With The Snows Of Pessimism And The Ice Of Cynicism, Then, And Then Only, Are You Grown Old. And Then, Indeed As The Ballad Says, You Just Fade Away