We have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century stood between the United States and the People's republic of China. We must now insure that the one-quarter of the worlds people who live in the people's republic of China will be and remain not our enemies but our friends In the Middle East, 100 million people in the arab countries, many of whom have considered us the ir enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as their friends. We must continue to build on that friendship so that peace can settle at last over the Middle East and so that the crad le of civilization will not become its grave. Together with the Soviet Union we have made the crucial breakthroughs that have begun the process of limiting nuclear arms. But we must set as our goal, not just lim iting but reducing and f inally destroy ing these terrible weapons so that they cannot destroy civilization And so that the threat of nuclear war will no longer hang over the wor ld and the people. We have opened a new relation with the Soviet Union We must continue to develop and expand that new relationship, so that the two strongest nations of the world will live together in cooperation rather than confrontation Around the world -- in asia in africa in latin america in the midd le east - there are millions of people who live in terrible poverty even starvation We must keep as our goal turning away from production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward in their children's time if not in our own time to having the necessities for a decent lif e. Here in America we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good, and by the world's standards even abundant We must press on, however, toward a goal not only of more and better jobs but of full opportunity for every American, and of what we are striving so hard rig ht now to achieve -- prosperity without inf lation For more than a quarter of a century in public life, I have shared in the turbulent history of this evening. I have fought for what i believe in. I have tried, to the best of my ability to discharge those duties and meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me. sometimes i have succeeded. and sometimes i have failed. but always i have taken heart from what theodore roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives in and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actua lly strive to do the deed who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly I pledge to you tonight that as long as i have a breath of life in my body, i shall continue in that spir it. I shall continue to work for the great causes to which i have been dedicated througho ut my years as a Congressman, a Senator, Vice PresidentWe have unlocked the doors that for a quarter of a century stood between the United States and the People's Republic of China. We must now insure that the one-quarter of the world's people who live in the People's Republic of China will be and remain, not our enemies, but our f riends. In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as their friends. We must continue to build on that f riendship so that peace can settle at last over the Middle East and so that the cradle of civilization will not become its grave. Together with the Soviet Union we have made the crucial breakthroughs that have begun the process of limiting nuclear arms. But, we must set as our goal, not just limiting, but reducing and finally destroying these terrible weapons, so that they cannot destroy civilization. And so that the threat of nuclear war will no longer hang over the world and the people. We have opened a new relation with the Soviet Union. We must continue to develop and expand that new relationship, so that the two strongest nations of the world will live together in cooperation rather than conf rontation. Around the world -- in Asia, in Af rica, in Latin America, in the Middle East -- there are millions of people who live in terrible poverty, even starvation. We must keep as our goal turning away f rom production for war and expanding production for peace so that people everywhere on this earth can at last look forward, in their children's time, if not in our own time, to having the necessities for a decent life. Here, in America, we are fortunate that most of our people have not only the blessings of liberty but also the means to live full and good, and by the world's standards even abundant lives. We must press on, however, toward a goal not only of more and better jobs but of full opportunity for every American, and of what we are striving so hard right now to achieve -- prosperity without inflation. For more than a quarter of a century in public life, I have shared in the turbulent history of this evening. I have fought for what I believe in. I have tried, to the best of my ability, to discharge those duties and meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me. Sometimes I have succeeded. And sometimes I have failed. But always I have taken heart f rom what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not ef fort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. I pledge to you tonight that as long as I have a breath of life in my body, I shall continue in that spirit. I shall continue to work for the great causes to which I have been dedicated throughout my years as a Congressman, a Senator , Vice President