US Presidency
1975

The American people can be proud of what their Nation has achieved and helped others to accomplish, but we have from time to time suffered setbacks and disappointments in foreign policy. Some were events over which we had no control; some were difficulties we imposed upon ourselves. We live in a time of testing and of a time of change. Our world a world of economic uncertainty, political unrest, and threats to the peace does not allow us the luxury of abdication or domestic discord. I recall quite vividly the words of President Truman to the Congress when the United States faced a far greater challenge at the end of the Second World War. If I might quote: If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the world, and we shall surely endanger the welfare of this Nation. President Truman's resolution must guide us today.