I think there is need for new leadership.

I am confident that he serves not the interests of his members, not labor in general and not the public, and I feel that as labor people and working men and women and honest union officials, who try to do a decent job, who represent their…

The three great qualities which characterized Lincoln's Presidency were leadership, courage, and foresight.

I am convinced that the basic issue which faces the American people and, indeed, the people of the world, is whether the world can exist half slave and half free.

When we stand still they begin to wonder whether the world is moving in the direction of the Communists.

We have a good comprehensive program hammered out in years of work in the Senate.

I think something must be done about it by the Government.

I would like to emphasize tonight that I do not believe that Mr. Nixon can claim wholly the mantle of Abraham Lincoln.

I am a candidate for the office of the Presidency, and the Presidency is a key office.

I ask your help in this campaign because I believe that in 1960 the Democratic Party in this State and across the country has a chance to be of service.

I have served in the Congress for 14 years, and during a good percentage of that time I served on the Veterans' Committee of the Senate, so I have some understanding of the importance of this hospital, the services it performs, the…

Four million men and women are unemployed today in the United States.

There are many kinds of waste, and I think it is the function of government to use our resources to the fullest.

America's road ahead is not an easy one.

Our defense must be second to none, our merchant marine at full strength, our commitments to the world's people clear and unmistakable.

I think the veterans of the United States having made their contribution in their youth to the survival of this country, can, at a later date, in other days, facing different dangers, make a contribution again.

The 'runaway ship,' like its counterpart, the 'runaway shop' is a hit-and-run operation which should be stopped.

It is to the credit of the NMU - and all of organized labor - that America's trade unions have long recognized and fought for these goals.