US Presidency
1968

President, Members of the Congress, and my fellow Americans: I was thinking as I was walking down the aisle tonight of what Sam Rayburn told me many years ago: The Congress always extends a very warm welcome to the President as he comes in. Thank all of you very, very much. I have come once again to this Chamber the home of our democracy to give you, as the Constitution requires, Information of the State of the Union. I report to you that our country is challenged, at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried, not our strength; our sense of purpose, not our ability to achieve a better America; that we have the strength to meet our every challenge; the physical strength to hold the course of decency and compassion at home; and the moral strength to support the cause of peace in the world.