Richard Nixon

First, he is not on the platform because he was unable to make his way through the crowd, but I think that the people of Michigan, after many years of bad government at the State level, are entitled to good government, and with Paul…

We will win it because we have the right faith - our faith in God; our belief in the rights of men; our belief that all men have a right to freedom and that all nations have a right to be independent.

Whoever is President of this country has to owe his allegiance to only one boss, and that's the American people, and I'm going to be with the American people.

What we must have in this country is progress.

Whose money is he spending?

We need a President of the United States who recognizes he has a responsibility to be careful with your money in Washington.

And I have it, a better answer which is, my opponent's Congress in that rump session failed to act on aid to higher education.

My friends, that kind of extravagant government hasn't been good for Michigan.

I think Americans want us to stand for freedom - not only for ourselves, but for the whole world.

May I request that all of those who have signs hold them down so the people in back can see a little better?

And I say to you that I am going to fight for all those programs that we need - in education, in medical care, in all the rest - that will spell progress; but, my friends, I am going to oppose every program that will raise taxes or raise…

I urge all of you to consider the qualifications of the candidates on the basis not simply of the labels you may wear, but on the basis of whether you think what we stand for is best for America.

I say to you people here in Battle Creek today that at this critical time in our history we need men who know who the enemies of the United States are.

He knows, as well as I do, that at the present time we have 68 million employed in this country, at the highest wages in history.

And so I pledge to you that we will do whatever is necessary to keep America strong militarily.

Let's think of what leadership America needs and let's vote that way on November the 8th, and will you do that?

I can tell you that the people of the world respect America.

And I certainly want you to know that the very fact that you would be here and wait so long for us and still be so full of pep and vim and vigor means that we're going to really carry Ohio with your help.

Let's think of the country first.

I know, my friends, too, and remember this, if you forget everything else that I say, that in dealing with these men, that the greatest mistake you can make - and listen to this carefully - is to give them an idea that you're going to be…

I want to say this: that as you vote on November the 8th - and I say this to all of you, whether you're Democrats or Republicans or independents, because this campaign is so important - the decision you will make is so critical, that I say…

My friends, this is irresponsible because it's wrong, and I say it's wrong today, and he has to retract it in the course of this campaign.

I have seen this system, and I say that free men can always outproduce those who are driven as slaves, and we will do it in America.

I say we cannot have as President of this country a man who doesn't know what he's talking about when he says something affecting the security of the United States.

The greatest responsibility of the next President is to respond to Mr. Khrushchev and the Communists is not by pounding the table.