Reading copy, Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
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OCR Page 1 of 26Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of Congress.
My fellow Americans.
On this Hill which was my home, I am stirred by old
friendships.
Though total agreement between the Executive and the
Congress is impossible, total respect is important.
I am proud to be among my colleagues of the Congress
whose legacy to their trust is their loyalty to their Nation.
I am not unaware of the inner emotions of the new
members of this body.
Twenty-eight years ago, I felt as you do now. You will
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soon learn that you are among men whose first love is their
country, men who try each day to do what they believe is right.
We are entering the third century of the pursuit of
American union.
Two hundred years ago, in 1765, nine assembled colonies
first joined together to demand freedom from arbitrary power.
For the first century we struggled to hold together the
first continental union of democracy in the history of man.
One hundred years ago, in 1865, following a terrible test of
blood and fire, the compact of union was finally sealed.
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