Government's First Duty Is To

If You've Seen One Redwood, You've Seen Them All.

My Fellow Americans, I Am Pleased To Tell You I Just Signed Legislation Which Outlaws Russia Forever. The Bombing Begins In Five Minutes.

What If Free People Could Live Secure In The Knowledge That Their Security Did Not Rest Upon The Threat Of Instant U.s. Retaliation To Deter A Soviet Attack, That We Could Intercept And Destroy Strategic Ballistic Missiles Before They Reached Our Own Soil Or That Of Our Allies?

Mankind's Journey Into Space, Like Every Great Voyage Of Discovery, Will Become Part Of Our Unending Journey Of Liberation. In The Limitless Reaches Of Space, We Will Find Liberation From Tyranny, From Scarcity, From Ignorance And From War. We Will Find The Means To Protect This Earth And To Nurture Every Human Life, And To Explore The Universe. . . .this Is Our Mission, This Is Our Destiny.

Our Reluctance For Conflict Should Not Be Misjudged As A Failure Of Will.