It's Time That We Recognized That Ours

But In The West Today, We See A Free World That Has Achieved A Level Of Prosperity And Well-being Unprecedented In All Human History. In The Communist World, We See Failure, Technological Backwardness, Declining Standards Of Health, Even Want Of The Most Basic Kind - Too Little Food. Even Today, The Soviet Union Still Cannot Feed Itself. After These Four Decades, Then, There Stands Before The Entire World One Great And Inescapable Conclusion: Freedom Leads To Prosperity. Freedom Replaces The Ancient Hatreds Among The Nations With Comity And Peace. Freedom Is The Victor.

The Ongoing Migration Of Persons To The United States In Violation Of Our Laws Is A Serious National Problem Detrimental To The Interests Of The United States.

I Deplore The Tendency, In Some Institutions, To Go Directly Toward Training For A Trade Or Profession Or Something And Ignoring The Liberal Arts. It Is The Foundation Of Education.

Abraham Lincoln Recognized That We Could Not Survive As A Free Land When Some Men Could Decide That Others Were Not Fit To Be Free And Should Therefore Be Slaves. Likewise, We Cannot Survive As A Free Nation When Some Men Decide That Others Are Not Fit To Live And Should Be Abandoned To Abortion Or Infanticide.

There Is A Flickering Spark In Us All Which, If Struck At Just The Right Age...can Light The Rest Of Our Lives, Elevating Our Ideals, Deepening Our Tolerance, And Sharpening Our Appetite For Knowledge About The Rest Of The World. Educational And Cultural Exchanges...provide A Perfect Opportunity For This Precious Spark To Grow, Making Us More Sensitive And Wiser International Citizens Through Our Careers.