Mr. Nixon keeps saying we are not part of the tradition of Jefferson, Jackson, and Woodrow Wilson.

It persuaded people who lived in the underdeveloped countries that the Soviet Union, which was once so far behind, was now the equal and the superior in some degree of the United States.

I said I regarded that as a compliment because he was just another Dewey.

We need not read deeply into the history of the United States to become aware of the great and vital role which the railroads have played in the opening up and developing of this great Nation.

I come here to Missouri and ask your help.

I said I regarded it as a compliment, and he was just another Dewey.

You are participating in the election of a President of the United States in the most difficult time in our history and on the President, on his judgment, on his sense of conviction, on his foresight, may well hang the security of the…

They must be brought into sharp and clear focus so that the American people can make an intelligent choice.

I say it is time we started moving again.

We left New York after Mr. Nixon and I had our strange interlude.

I come here tonight to this center of a great Democratic State.

The problems are entirely new and we must think anew, and I believe we can do it.

Now, if he can't debate me, if he can't arrange his schedule so that we can meet, perhaps we can arrange for him to debate with Mr. Lodge on who ought to be in the cabinet.

I believe in these years of transition, during these year's of hazard, during these years of change, we need a new administration in Washington which can bring to Washington, to our administrative positions, to the Congress of the United…

My argument with Mr. Nixon, and my disagreement with him in this campaign, and I believe the basic issue of the campaign is the way we look at our country and its problems.

I am attempting to show you what this country must do if it is going to fulfill its destiny.

That is the reason that we have been indifferent to the problems of Latin America.

In 42 years I never saw a President who slept so much.