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The Communist challenge must be met not only with military might but in the Christian spirit of feeding the hungry.

I don't mind running against Mr. Nixon, but I have good enough sense not to run against the Green Bay Packers.

The farm depression, coupled with the general sag in the economy, is America’s No.1 economic problem in 1960.

It ill becomes Mr. Nixon to charge that my farm program would raise food prices to consumers greatly.

The father who owns a farm and has thousands of dollars invested in farm equipment ends the year with less return than his factory-employed son 'who's invested in one pair of working gloves.'

We need a strong economy if we are going to meet our obligations to the underdeveloped world, to maintain our defenses, to meet our needs in education and health and housing.

The struggle for disarmament will not be an easy one.

Forward, and that is what this country must do, that is the direction it must take, that is the direction it will take November 8, when we make an affirmative decision.

It is the responsibility of the people speaking through their National Government, speaking through their President, to accord them those rights.

If we are to secure peace in the 1960's, if we ever hope to negotiate an effective arms control agreement, we must act immediately.

We must, nevertheless, begin a determined, large-scale effort to prepare ourselves for disarmament.

What we need is not hindsight; we need foresight.

I believe in 1960 the American people are going to move forward again.

It is an old issue that has been fought in this country year after year, political generation after political generation, and that is between the happy and the content and the fat, and the concerned and those who look forward.

Your telegram to me tonight clearly indicates I was right in calling for such a debate - for the distortions of the record concerning my position on Cuba exceed any others you have made during this campaign.

We must reject all proposals such as those of the Department of Commerce and the Budget Bureau of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration for imposition of burdens upon the use of the waterways - including tolls, toll-equivalent taxes and…

I think the great opportunity was really denied in 1957, during the last days of the Batista administration.

The pursuit of peace is still the focus of our leadership, our energies, and our determination.