The visit which The Queen and I are paying 
      you today is something which has been in our minds for many weeks, 
      and if we have had our moments of anxiety they have served to 
      make us realise how intensely we have been looking forward to 
      the present occasion. I wish therefore in the first place to 
      thank you for your kind invitation and for your still kinder 
      welcome. We have been deeply touched by the manner in which Washington 
      has already received us; and we expect to enjoy every minute 
      of our remaining time in the United States.
 
      From Canada which we have Just left and whither we shall soon 
      return, I bring you today the warm greetings of a neighbour and 
      a trusted friend. From my other Dominions, from the United Kingdom, 
      and from all my Empire I carry to you expressions of the utmost 
      cordiality and good will. As I drink a toast to you, Mr. President, 
      I wish you every possible health and happiness. I trust and believe 
      that in years to some the history of the United States will continue 
      to be marked by that ordered progress and by that prosperity 
      which have been theirs in the past. And I pray that our great 
      nations may ever in the future walk together along the path of 
      friendship in a world at peace.