US Presidency
1966

That unity was never better expressed than when, at the conclusion of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, a great French leader declared that nations are more and more convinced that their fates are closely bound together that their salvation and their welfare must rest upon the progressive application of human solidarity. And it is to the preservation of human solidarity that all of our efforts today should be directed. So let all of you of the Foreign Service Institute make it your task, as well as mine. Thank you and good morning