US Presidency
1968

They are more important much more important than the identity of the party or the President who will then be in office. These goals are what the fighting and our alliances are really meant to protect. Can we achieve these goals? Of course we can if we will. If ever there was a people who sought more than mere abundance, it is our people. If ever there was a nation that was capable of solving its problems, it is this Nation. If ever there were a time to know the pride and the excitement and the hope of being an American it is this time. So this, my friends, is the State of our Union: seeking, building, tested many times in this past year- and always equal to the test. Thank you and good night. Mr. Speaker, Mr.