That's what brought my people to this country. That's what brought your people to this country.

We all have a responsibility to translate love into simple justice.

We must end that quiet discrimination, not by setting quotas but by insuring that all groups in our great nation have an equal chance to participate in American business, American society, and American government.

Our diversity of language, heritage, and religion is the key to the American unity and to the American strength.

In our diversity is strength.

When we came, we learned very quickly that we could participate in the political process, stand on our own feet, make our own decisions, shape our own destiny, give our children a better life, and contribute to the greatness of our country.

The Republicans have had their innings— no runs, few hits, and nine errors.

We feel we have lost control of our own government.

The average worker's weekly pay check buys less than it did in 1968.

To a tragic extent, that is exactly what has happened.

Government by the people—that is the issue this year.

The combined rates of unemployment and inflation have averaged almost 16 percent under Mr. Ford, the highest average Misery Index for any President since Woodrow Wilson.

The highest average rate of inflation for any administration in over 50 years is occurring today.

The level of unemployment today is 50 percent greater than it was when Mr. Ford took office.

The record of the Nixon-Ford years includes: Unemployment at 7.9 percent today which is higher than at any other time between the Great Depression and the inauguration of Gerald Ford.

There is more unused manufacturing capacity in the economy today than under any other President since the 1930's.

A $65 billion deficit for the fiscal year just ended is the largest in our history.

I know that the pessimists are wrong when they say that the Great Society 'promised too much.'