I am confident that it will render equally signal service to the defense of our two countries in the years ahead.

The peace depends upon our strength.

We are going to keep our guard up, but our hand out.

The security of our alliance is only assured so long as we remain determined and strong and insist on protecting our people and their values.

Because I have always, and I will always, put the peace and security of America, the peace and security of my country, ahead of the interests of the Democratic Party.

Our strength is our surest shelter against war.

We have no reason to believe that any nation now plans to put nuclear warheads into orbit.

I come here to New Jersey tonight to ask your help, not only for my own candidacy, and that of Senator Johnson, but because I believe the positions we have taken in this campaign as they affect the security of the United States are in the interests of the United States and this country needs a Democratic victory.

American prestige, essential to our influence and our security, has declined these last 8 years even more sharply than we realized.

The question of whether America represents as strong and vigorous an image as it did years ago goes to the security of everyone who lives in Libertyville.

Secondly, how can we maintain the peace and maintain our own security around the world and strengthen freedom?

No problem is more vital or more urgent in the struggle for peace than the problem of effective arms control.

You know in Texas that you live or die, that you are at war or at peace, that you are secure or in danger, not based upon the policies of one district or one State, but based upon the policies of the United States.

But it is an unfortunate fact that we can pursue peace only by remaining strong

I ask you to join me in this campaign with a full recognition of all opportunities to rebuild our strength, rebuild our prestige, maintain our security, and maintain ourselves as the leaders of the free world.

The harsh facts of the matter are that our security and leadership are both slipping away from us.

I do regard this deliberate exposure of a governmental secret that is not an administrative secret, but involves the security of our country, most seriously.

Today we have security treaties with 42 other nations which recognize that our peace and security are intertwined.