We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It won't come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

Freedom is not free

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.

If we're free to dare — and we are — if we're free to give — and we are — then we're free to shape the future and have within our grasp all that we dream the future will be.

It is up to us in our time to choose, and choose wisely, between the hard but necessary task of preserving peace and freedom, and the temptation to ignore our duty and blindly hope for the best while the enemies of freedom grow stronger day by day.