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The original documents are located in Box 35, "6/22/76 - Remarks at the Annual
Convention of U.S. Jaycees, Indianapolis, Indiana" of the President's Speeches and
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Digitized from Box 35 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS AT U.S. JAYCEES
NATIONAL CONVENTION, INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1976
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I AM DEEPLY HONORED TO JOIN ALL OF YOU HERE
THIS MORNING AND TO RECEIVE SUCH A KIND, GENEROUS
WELCOME.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dich
THANK YOU, AAR. ROBINSON.
(Di ck Robinson, President,
U.S. Jaycees)
GOVERNOR BOWEN
MAYOR HUDNUT
MR. SIMENSEN
(Alfred Simensen, Exec.
Vice President, U.S.
Jaycees)
MEMBERS AND GUESTS OF THE UNITED STATES JAYCEES
2.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS VISIT FOR
A LONG TIME BECAUSE THE JAYCEES HAVE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL RIGHT
AT HOME.
WHEN I WAS JUST BEGINNING A LAW CAREER IN 1941,
I BECAME A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LOCAL JAYCEE CHAPTER IN
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.
3.
IN ALL THE YEARS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED -\ AS A CONGRESSMAN, \
AS VICE PRESIDENT, AND NOW AS PRESIDENT t I HAVE FOUND THE
PHILOSOPHY AND THE SPIRIT OF THE JAYCEES TO BE A GREAT SOURCE
OF PERSONAL STRENGTH.
so sol IT IS GOOD TO BE AMONG FRIENDS AGAIN.
4.
I AMESPECIALLY PLEASED THAT I CAN SALUTE YOU
ON THE EVE OF OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY AS A NATION.
IF THERE IS ANY SINGLE ORGANIZATION
f
IF THERE
IS ANY SINGLE GROUP OF OUTSTANDING YOUNG AMERICANS --
THAT HAS COME TO REFLECT THE BICENTENNIAL SPIRIT, IT IS THE
UNITED STATES JAYCEES.
5.
FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY, THE JAYCEES HAVE BEEN
A FERTILE BREEDING GROUND FOR AMERICA'S MOST PROMISING
YOUNG LEADERS
+
THE KIND OF LEADERS WHO MET IN PHILADELPHIA
IN 1776 AND PROCLAIMED A NEW AGE OF FREEDOM FOR MANKIND.
6.
FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY, THE JAYCEES HAVE STOOD
TALL IN THEIR PATRIOTISM FOR AMERICA -- THE KIND OF
PATRIOTISM THAT RODE IN THE SADDLE WITH PAUL REVERE ON THE
-
I
OUTSKIRTS OF BOSTON AND INSPIRED PATRICK HENRY DOWN IN
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG.
7.
AND FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY, THE JAYCEES HAVE
BEEN FILLED WITH A ROOKHARD DETERMINATION TO DO WHAT IS
BEST FOR AMERICA
t THE KIND OF DETERMINATION THAT SAILED WITH
"I HAVE NOT YET
JOHN PAUL JONES WHEN HE WARNED THE ENEMY
BEGUN TO FIGHT."
8.
YOUTH, PATRIOTISM, DETERMINATION, A LOVE : OF
LIBERTY -- THOSE ARE THE QUALITIES THAT I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND
know
IN THE JAYCEES AND I HOPE YOU WILL CARRY THEM FORWARD IN THE
YEARS AHEAD.
AFTER ALL, -> IF YOU DON'T, WHO WILL?
9.
as
WHEN T WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION,
I REMEMBER THAT I OFTEN ASKED MYSELF WHAT SORT OF FUTURE I
WANTED
+
FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR MY COUNTRY.
MANY OF YOU TODAY MUST ASK YOURSELVES THE SAME
QUESTIONS. WHAT DO WE WANT FOR OURSELVES OVER THE NEXT
20 - 30 YEARS?
WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT FOR AMERICA'S THIRD
CENTURY AS A NATION?
10.
LET ME RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS FOR A FEW
MOMENTS THIS MORNING BY SUGGESTING SOME OF MY OWN
ANSWERS.
FROM
MY READINGS OF HISTORY, I AM PERSUADED THAT
AMERICA'S FIRST TWO CENTURIES CAN BE SPLIT ROUGHLY IN HALF.
11.
THE HALLMARK OF OUR FIRST CENTURY WAS THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A FREE,
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN OUR LAND
RISING UP FROM A WEAK, FLEDGLING NATION, OUR
PEOPLE
SPRAWLED ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
TERRITORIES WERE ACQUIRED,
STATES WERE FORMED.
AND WARS WERE FOUGHT,
NONE MORE
DEVASTATING THAN THE ONE THAT TURNED AMERICAN AGAINST AMERICAN.
12.
at the
put with 1.3 century
BUT THE UNION SURVIVED THAT TERRIBLE ORDEAL, AND BY 1876
a responsive & neaponsible
A REPUBLICAN FORM ( OF GOVERNMENT WAS FIRMLY IMPLANTED IN
OUR SOIL.
13.
OUR SECOND CENTURY AS A NATION, I WOULD SUGGEST,
HAS BEEN MARKED BY THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A GREAT
INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM.
THE PIONEER SPIRIT OF THE EARLY DAYS BEGAN
TO CONQUER NEW FRONTIERS
SPANNING THE NATION WITH RAILS,
TRANSFORMING OUR MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING, RECASTING
OUR CITIES WITH CONCRETE AND STEEL,
AND REVOLUTIONIZING
OUR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY so THAT AT THIS VERY MOMENT AN
AMERICAN SPACECRAFT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MAN'S HISTORY IS
PREPARING TO LAND ON THE PLANET MARS.
14.
THESE HAVE BEEN GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
THE
TRIUMPH OF FREE GOVERNMENT IN OUR FIRST CENTURY,
THE TRIUMPH
OF FREE ENTERPRISE IN OUR SECOND.
15.
NOW, \ IN THE THI RD CENTURY
I PROPOSE THAT WE
CLIMB AN EVEN HIGHER MOUNTAIN.
LET US FULFILL THE DREAMS
OF THE EARLY FATHERS.
LET US MAKE THESE NEW ONE HUNDRED
YEARS THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH FOR OUR PEOPLE
-
THE TRIUMPH
OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
16.
WE HAVE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS IN SECURING
AND EXPANDING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS IN THESE PAST TWO HUNDRED
YEARS
AND MUCH OF THAT PROGRESS HAS COME IN OUR OWN
LIFETIMES
BUT WE HAVE CERTAINLY NOT FINISHED THE JOB.
17.
FULL INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IN AMERICA MUST MEAN
FREEDOM FROM WANT. II so LONG AS OUR NATION IS BURDENED
america has the compassion 4 the manunch to mut This challenge.
I
WITH HEAVY INFLATION AND HEAVY UNEMPLOYMENT, WE SHALL NOT
BE FREE.
18.
OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, DUE IN LARGE MEASURE TO
STOP-START ECONOMIC POLICIES IN WASHINGTON, THE UNITED STATES
ECONOMY HAS BEEN ON A LONG AND DANGEROUS ROLLER COASTER RIDE --
one
UP ON YEAR, DOWN THE NEXT.
19.
THE ACCOMPANYING INFLATION HAS NOT ONLY ERODED PERSONAL
INCOME BUT HAS EATEN AWAY AT PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR ECONOMIC
INSTITUTIONS
THE VERY INSTITUTIONS THAT ONCE SERVED TO GIVE
US THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
20.
THE FIRST ORDER TO GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
TODAY IS TO PUT THE ECONOMY ON A SMOOTH, UPWARD COURSE AND
TO KEEP IT MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE ENORMOUS SURGE
IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND GOVERNMENT DEFICITS MUST BE ENE
ENDED;
INSTEAD OF CEASELESSLY RAISING THE GOVERNMENT'S
TAX COLLECTI ONS
21.
THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD DOWN THE COST OF LIVING [IN THIS COUNTRY
IS TO HOLD DOWN THE COST OF GOVERNMENT.
22.
IF I MAY BE PERMITTED A WORD ON A SUBJECT THAT
IS BEFORE THE CONGRESS AT THIS MOMENT,
I WOULD URGE THAT
THI S ORGANIZATION JOIN IN THE STRUGGLE TO ENACT RESPONSIBLE
NEW TAX LEGISLATION IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
23.
ON JULY 1, THE TEMPORARY TAX CUT ENACTED LAST YEAR WILL
EXPIRE AND \ UNLESS THE CONGRESS ACTS PROMPTLY TAXES
WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE.
THE CONGRESS SHOULD
NOT ONLY EXTEND THE TAX CUT BUT SHOULD INCREASE IT BY 10
BILLION DOLLARS
+
AND MAKE IT PERMANENT. THERE IS NO
EXCUSE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE MORE AND MORE OF YOUR
fully
EARNINGS WHEN IT CANNOT JUSTIFY THEIR USE AND ESPECIALLY
those hand carred dollars
WHEN THEY WILL DO MORE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY IN YOUR OWN
POCKET.
additional "10 billion tax reduction 2 propose & Congress
Let me identify two spicific provisions an the
must apporve to help family & our Country.
The personal your examption must be increased from
04 50 to
= one, tab evemption must be increased from
60, 000 farm to The at can estate least be hept 150, in 000 the so family small of not Transfers Insurences sacurified from + the to Hordburd the family tab, collector
24.
FULL INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IN AMERICA ALSO MEANS
FREEDOM FROM INTRUSIVE, OVERBEARING GOVERNMENT. THIS
IS A FAMILIAR THEME IN OUR HISTORY.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
SOUNDED IT IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ITSELF WHERE
HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAD "ERECTED
A MULTITUDE OF NEW OFFICES AND SENT SWARMS OF OFFICERS
TO HARASS OUR PEOPLE."
25.
TODAY WE SEE THE INTRUSION OF OUR OWN FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN MANY FORMS
SOME OLD, SOME NEW.
WE SEE IT IN THE MANY REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT
HAVE SPROUTED UP ALONG THE POTOMAC AND HAVE IMPOSED A
MASSIVE REGULATORY BURDEN UPON AMERICAN BUSINESS.
26.
WE SEE IT IN THE WAY THAT SOME OF OUR OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN WASHINGTON, UNDER REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED
BY THE CONGRESS
\
HAVE TAKEN OVER MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT
WERE ONCE LEFT TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
27.
WE SEE IT IN THE PAST RECORDS OF SOME GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES THAT EXCEEDED THEIR AUTHORITIES AND SPIED UPON
OR OTHERWISE VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS.
28.
AND WE SEE IT IN THE WAY THAT A FEW OF OUR COURTS HAVE
WANDERED so FAR INTO THE SCHOOL BUSING CONTROVERSY THAT THEY
ARE PRACTICALLY RUNNING SOME LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS.
THE TIME HAS COME TO ROLL BACK THE WAVE OF
BIG GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA.
a Hoot by enough to give and
we want / is a girl by
enough corrything t The from us everything ur have.
29.
WE MUST BRING ORDER AND RESTRAINT TO THE FEDERAL
REGULATORY PROCESS
THROUGH SWEEPING REFORMS
----
IN AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION, IN TRUCKING, AND IN MANY OTHER AREAS.
30.
IN ORDER TO RESTORE GREATER POWERS TO LOCAL AND
STATE GOVERNMENTS
TO PUT DECISIONS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG
WE MUST RE-ENACT GENERAL REVENUE SHARING AND COLLAPSE
COMPLICATED EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROGRAMS INTO NEW BLOCK
GRANTS.
31.
so THAT THE RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS MAY BE PROTECTED
WHILE THE ESSENTIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS OF OUR GOVERNMENT
CONTINUE, WE ARE UNDERTAKING REFORMS IN THE INTELLIGENCE
construction
COMMUNITY AND WE ARE PUTTING INTO PLACE NEW GUIDELINES FOR
THE FBI.
32.
IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, I PLAN TO ANNOUNCE ACTION
IN STILL ANOTHER IMPORTANT AREA
-
COURT-ORDERED SCHOOL BUSING.
THERE IS NO GOOD REASON WHY WE CANNOT WI PE OUT THE VESTIGES
OF DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICA, ACHIEVE QUALITY EDUCATION
FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND AT THE SAME TIME, MINIMIZE THE
MASSIVE BUSING OF OUR CHILDREN.
33.
UNDERLYING ACTIONS IN EACH OF THESE AREAS IS OUR
FERVENT BELIEF THAT INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY IN AMERICA MEANS
LIBERTY FROM OPPRESSIVE, HEAVY-HANDED, BUREAUCRATIC
GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS A GOAL WE CAN ACHIEVE;
THAT IS
A GOAL WE MUST ACHIEVE IN OUR THIRD CENTURY.
34.
I FIRMLY BELIEVE AMERICANS CAN DO ANYTHING, IF OTHER
AMERICANS DO NOT TIE US DOWN WITH RED TAPE,
TIE US UP WITH
PESSIMISM,
\
OR TIE US INTO A KNOT OF FRUSTRATION AND
STAGNATION.
35.
LET ME RE-EMPHASIZE THAT MY VISION OF THE
FUTURE MEANS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL
OF OUR CITIZENS. THE PRINCIPLE OF RACIAL EQUALITY IS
INDELIBLY WRITTEN INTO OUR CONSTITUTION AND INTO OUR
HEARTS,
AND
AND IN ALL THAT WE DO,
WE MUST HONOR IT.
36.
EARLIER IN THIS CENTURY, THE N,OVELIST THOMAS
WOLFE SPOKE ABOUT AMERICA IN A WAY THAT IS WORTH REMEMBERING ,
HERE.
"TO EVERY MAN HIS CHANCE, TO EVERY MAN REGARDLESS
OF HIS BIRTH, HIS SHINING, GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. TO EVERY MAN
THE RIGHT TO LIVE, TO WORK, TO BE HIMSELF AND TO BECOME WHATEVER
THINGS HIS MANHOOD AND HIS VISION CAN COMBINE TO MAKE HIM."
"THIS, HE SAID, "IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICA."
37.
THAT IS THE PROMISE WE SEEK TO FULFILL IN THE NEXT
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
WE MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE, AS GEORGE WISHINGTON DID
IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, THAT NO NATION ON EARTH OWES MORE
TO PROVIDENCE THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
38.
OUR GREATNESS IS BECAUSE OF OUR GOODNESS.
SHOULD WE CEASE TO BE GOOD, WE WOULD SOON CEASE TO BE
GREAT.
AMERICANS HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH ABUSE OF THE MORAL
IMPERATIVES OF HONESTY AND OF DECENCY, THE FOUNDATIONS
OF CIVILIZED SOCIETY.
39.
AMERICANS,
ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,
CAN
TAKE LITTLE PRIDE IN A SYSTEM THAT IS DISHONORED BY MISCONDUCT,
WHETHER IN THE WHITE HOUSE -- OR IN THE HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
40.
THE ESSENTIAL TASK OF LEADERSHIP, IN BUSINESS,
\
IN EDUCATI \ IN FAMILY LIFE AND IN PUBLIC LIFE, IS TO INSPIRE,
TO TEACH, TO ACT WITH COURAGE, TO LIVE WITH HONOR, AND TO
SHOW THE WAY.
PERSONAL INTEGRITY MUST NOT BE A PART
OF NOSTALGIA.
IT MUST BE THE LIVING AND LIVED-BY ESSENCE
OF THE AMERICAN CHARACTER.
41.
THERE ARE MANY FREEDOMS THAT WE MUST SECURE
AND EXPAND IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT LET ME MENTION ONLY
ONE OTHER -- FREEDOM FROM WAR.
42.
too many
ON THREE OCCASIONS SINCE THE JAYCEES WERE
FOUNDED, AMERICA HAS SENT HER FINEST SONS TO BATTLEFIELDS
IN FARAWAY LANDS.
PROBABLY MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY
SAWACTION IN VIETNAM AND DISCOVERED THE HORRORS OF WAR.
43.
IF YOU DID, YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THE FIRST AND
FOREMOST OBJECTIVE OF EVERY PRESIDENT IS TO PRESERVE AND
PROTECT THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY THAT
SECURITY IS AMPLY July PROTECTED.
OUR ARMAMENTS ARE
11
UNSURPASSED.
OUR ALLIANCES WITH EUROPE AND JAPAN
HAVE NEVER BEEN HEALTHIER. OUR WILL IS STRONG.
44.
YET LET US ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD
THAT IS INCREASINGLY HOSTILE TO FREEDOM. ONLY ONE NATION
IN SIX IN THE WORLD TODAY IS FREE AND DEMOCRATIC.
THERE ARE MANY NATIONS THAT OPPOSE OUR INTERESTS.
45.
THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIPLOMACY,
WE ARE SEEKING TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF TENSIONS WITH THE SOVIET
UNION. WE SHARE WITH THEM AN INTEREST IN PREVENTING NUCLEAR
INCINERATION.
BUT WE HAVE NO ILLUSIONS THAT THEY HAVE
CHANGED THEIR POLITICAL OBJECTIVES OR THEIR ESSENTIAL WORLD
OUTLOOK.
46.
IT IS THEREFORE INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAINTAIN
Military strength is the best insurance for place have We the
A STRONG, BALANCED MILITARY POSTURE.
ONE OF MY GREATEST
we peace will bup.
FRUSTRATION AS A CONGRESSMAN WAS TO JOIN WITH THE OCCUPANT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN
IN THE FIGHT
FOR LARGE DEFENSE BUDGETS AND THEN TO SEE THOSE BUDGETS
-
UNMERCIFULLY CUT BY A CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
47.
IN JUST THE PAST TEN YEARS, THE CONGRESS HAS CUT SOME FIFTY
BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE DEFENSE BUDGET
OFTEN TO MAKE
ROOM FOR NEW SOCIAL PROGRAMS OF QUESTIONABLE MERIT.
THIS YEAR, IA AM PLEASED TO REPORT, WE ARE FINALLY REVERSING THAT
TREND AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG, LONG WHILE, THE CONGRESS
with the President
SEEMS READY TO AGREE TO AN URGENTLY NEEDED INCREASE IN OUR
1
DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT.
48.
ONCE AGAIN, I ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE JAYCEES
ON A CRITICAL ISSUE BEFORE THE CONGRESS.
THIS COUNTRY
SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD ANYTHING LESS THAN THE VERY BEST FOR
THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE AND MARINES.
Can 2 count on your support?
49.
AMERICA COVETS NO ONE ELSE'S LAND.
WE SEEK NO
ONE ELSE'S TREASURES.
INDEED, WE HAVE GIVEN GENEROUSLY
OF OUR OWN WHEN OTHERS NEEDED HELP. BUT WE MUST ALSO
NEVER SHIRK FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROTECTING OUR OWN
INTERESTS AND OUR OWN SECURITY.
50.
IF THE PROMISE OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IS TO BE
ACHIEVED IN THE COMING CENTURY, IT WILL TAKE A FULL-HEARTED
EFFORT BY ALL AMERICANS.
51.
I KNOW THAT AS JAYCEES, YOU ARE DEVOTED TO
HUMANITY AS THE BEST WORK OF LIVE. YOU ARE NEITHER
WEAK NOR TIMID IN YOUR DEVOTION TO AMERICA. YOU BELIEVE
THAT CITIZENS MUST BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE AFFAIRS
OF STATE AND NATION.
52.
WE HAVE AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA TODAY.
WE STAND AT THE THRESHOLD OF OUR THIRD CENTURY.
WE CAN EITHER
LET THIS TIME SLIP BY WITH NO CLEAR VISION OF WHAT WE WISH TO
ACHIEVE AS A PEOPLE.
OR WE CAN SEIZE THIS MOMENT BY RESOLVING
TO FULFILL THE GREAT PROMISE OF AMERICA
TO ACHIEVE FULL
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS.
53.
A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN
BOSTON AT THE OLD NORTH CHURCH.
YOU MAY RECALL
THAT WAS THE CHURCH WHERE TWO LANTERNS WERE HUNG ON THE
NIGHT OF PAUL REVERE'S FAMOUS RIDE.
54.
LAST APRIL THEY HUNG A THIRD LANTERN IN THE OLD
NORTH CHURCH, AND AS THEY DID, THE RECTOR SPOKE BRIEFLY
ABOUT IT.
55.
"THE TWO LANTERNS WHICH WERE SHOWN FROM THIS
STEEPLE," HE SAID, "LED US TO TWO CENTURIES OF SOME PROGRESS
IN REASON IN LIBERTY AND IN FAITH -- BUT NOT ENOUGH;
TO SOME
FULFILLMENT IN MIND BODY AND SPIRIT
BUT NOT ENOUGH;
TO SOME
GAINS IN THINKING,
ACTING AND TRUSTING IN F REEDOM -- BUT NOT
ENOUGH.
56.
"NOW THE STEEPLE OF THE OLD NORTH CHURCH WILL
SHINE WITH A THIRD LANTERN TONIGHT, A NEW SIGNAL THAT WILL
CALL US TO RENEWED EFFORT AND RENEWED HOPE IN OUR THIRD
1)
CENTURY.
56.
"IT WILL SAY: WE WILL YET MAKE THE AMERICAN
PROMISE A REALITY, WE WILL YET MAKE IT THE TRUTH
EVERYDAY,
EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE., WE WILL GO FORWARD
AND WE WILL STUMBLE, BUT WE WILL TRY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN."
57.
MY FELLOW JAYCEES, IN THIS BICENTENNIAL YEAR,
LET US CARRY THAT MESSAGE TO EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
LAND. LET US, THROUGH OUR OWN ACTIONS
BECOME A BEACON
OF HOPE AND OF PROMISE. AND LET US, WORKING TOGETHER,
LIGHT THE PATH TO A NEW CENTURY OF FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
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