Campaign Statement in Illinois.
11/02/1972
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We need a government in Washington that will recognize that economics is more than a question of politics; it is also a question of justice.
As we turn away from the old paternalism of the 40's and toward the expanded democracy of the 70's, we'll discover a new dignity, a new unit...
Ours was conceived, in the eloquent simplicity of Lincoln's words, as a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
We're never satisfied with things as they are.