In America today, this generation of Americans is determined to fulfill that ideal by all that we do in the world and by all that we do here at home.ДЇor all the long history of man, there have been injustices, there has been oppression, there has been evil. gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and all should have an equal chance.' This has been always a commitment of our people.ДЄs a great President, whom I know you admire, Abraham Lincoln, once said of our Declaration of Independence: 'It. But we believe that our strength means little unless we use it toward the end of assuring peoples who choose freedom the fight to live without interference from neighbors or adversaries. We are privileged to have great strength. History and fortune have smiled upon the United States. President, here in America we understand what is in your heart-and the hearts of your countrymen-when you say, as you did recently: 'If we wish to get along with and have relations with all nations, respecting their ideologies, we intend also and above all to evolve without interference.' President, that less than 200 years ago our own forebears in America chose the course that you, and your generation, have chosen in these times. Nowhere has this revolution of national independence had greater impact than in Africa. In these last two decades, independence has come for more than 1 billion people in 54 countries. But we are especially gratified by the growth of such relations with your continent-and with your country. The United States has-and is proud to have-strong and friendly ties with many peoples and many nations on every continent. We are particularly pleased that you come today as the first state visitor to Washington since our inauguration earlier this year.

Johnson-and for the people of the United States-I am proud to extend to you and your wife our warmest and most cordial welcome to this country and to this Capital.

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