
On November 8, the American people will say 'No' to Mr. Nixon.
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On November 8, the American people will say 'No' to Mr. Nixon.

But the Bible tells us to judge a tree by its fruits. For 'what is past is prologue'...

The kind of society we build here, the kind of country we develop here, that is the test of our ability to lead around the world.

I look at outer space, I look at Africa, I look at Latin America, and in all of the new problems which disturbed our lives in the fifties, this administration has not responded, it has not taken the initiative.

Every problem that faces us requires new solutions, because the problems are new.

On all the great issues which disturb our country, minimum wage, social security, unemployment compensation, houses, roads, schools, hospitals, our parties have divided and we have divided, and the great questions for the 1960's are how is…

It does not represent a drain on the Treasury of $2 billion, because it is paid for on the way.

It is more than a contest between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. It is a contest between the contented and the concerned, between those who wish to stand still and those who wish to move ahead.

We cannot predict what new problems will come across our desks in the next 4 years.

I want the people of the world to wake up in the morning and wonder what the United States is doing, not what Mr. Khrushchev is doing.

I believe as in 1932, the United States is going to decide to move into the sixties, to provide work for our people, to strengthen our country, and set an example of what freedom can do around the world.

I have asked Mr. Nixon to participate in a fifth debate which I think should cover the question of Cuba and other important problems facing the American people.

I come here today and ask your support in this campaign in building this country of ours.

I am confident I am talking to the rulers of America, in the sense that all educated men and women have the obligation to accept the discipline of self-government.

We are up early and up late, and we are not going to slumber or rest until November 8, when the Democrats are given the lead.

I run for the Presidency in the most serious time in the life of our country and these issues involve the security of everybody here.

I believe this country can do better by its retired citizens - and we can start in November by retiring Mr. Nixon.

I want to talk with you this evening not about the missile gap... but the 'Nixon gap,' the difference between Mr. Nixon's campaign promises and his actual record.