 Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, and Mrs. Reagan, accompanied by Governor Landon. It's a great day in my life, and it's a great day in the life of all of us. To have had the privilege that we have today of meeting the President of the United States and Mrs. Reagan. I give you now the President. For Governor Landon, Mrs. Landon, Governor Hayden, Senator Casablan, Senator Dole, Mayor Wright, Ladies and gentlemen, I can't resist saying this. You don't know what a joy it is for a fellow like me to go to a birthday party for someone who can in all honesty call me kid. Today we celebrate, I know it will actually be in just a few days, but we're celebrating Alph Landon's first century, half the life of our nation since the framing of the Constitution. As you know, it seems right to me that Alph Landon was born in the centennial year of the Constitution and is now part of its bicentennial year. And after all, you ask what the America that our Constitution created is, what it means, and you'll get back many answers. For example, America means a dream and the freedom to chase that dream. America means government of, by and for the people in a land where the sacred soul of humanity is not only respected, but revered. America means justice under law. It means peace and decency. It means a bright Kansas sun rising over fields that hardworking broad-shouldered farmers have planted with prayers and plowed with hope. But the funny thing is that no matter what you say when you talk about America, you'll also be saying something about Alph Landon. In a hundred years, Alph Landon has chased many dreams and caught most of them. Along the ways found time to stand for the American values of liberty, democracy, and opportunity. And no one is more the living soul of Kansas, which to me means quiet strength and the simple decency of all America than Alph Landon. Now, Governor, you preceded me by a bid as our party's nominee for president, and I had a little better luck while I also had better years in an easier field. But no one ever did prouder as a candidate by his party or the nation than you. When it was out of fashion, you warned of the dangers of too much government and too much government spending. Recently, I was reminded that on your 90th birthday, you said that credit cards are the worst things that have happened to our country. They encourage people to spend money they don't have. Well, don't spend money you don't have. I just wish I could get you to come back to Washington and help me drum that message into the Congress. But I guess the next best thing to having you in Washington is having a chip off the old block. I know you're proud just as I'm grateful that Nancy is in the Senate. She's doing a great job. So this is my birthday message. It is that all Americans are thankful for what you have meant to our country. And now, before I wax so eloquent that no one can stop me, I'll break off here just saying, Alph, happy birthday, and God bless you. I know the time has come to leave, but I just couldn't help but tell you a little experience. I have met the governor on a previous birthday some time ago and I expressed the wish that I could meet him again on his 100th birthday. He looked me up and down. He said, you seem to be in pretty good shape. I think maybe you can make it.