John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We live in the midst of a population explosion that is remaking the face of America.

But if you share the view that I hold very vigorously, that this country is going to have to do better in the future, that we have responsibilities to meet not only to ourselves but to the cause of freedom, that we are anxious to make sure…

Let me say that I think you ought to be commended for admitting it.

This survey shows how misinformed he is, how wide is the gap between what he believes and what the facts are

I think your presence here, whether you are Republican or Democrat, whether you wish to click with Dick or whether you wish to move this country forward.

Prestige affects our ability to influence these nations, to strengthen the forces of freedom within them.

Mr. Nixon has misstated the facts - either because he chose to misinform the public or because he was uninformed himself.

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

All I can do as a candidate for the Presidency is to make a judgment on what this country must do.

Where can they get a government, a President, a Congress, which will be responsible, progressive, which will strengthen the United States, strengthen our influence around the world, strike a blow for the cause of freedom, build this…

Let me say that Mr. Nixon and I have one thing in common and that is that he just campaigns in Republican districts.

A good education is the most valuable resource that you can pass on to your children.

He said he favored raising teachers' pay.

This administration has refused to make these surveys public

Those are the issues which separate the two parties.

I don't think if we continue on our present basis that we will be the leaders of the free world.

Newspaper and network reports today, confirming the previously reported results of the latest USIA overseas survey, lead to three deeply disturbing conclusions

I believe there are two basic responsibilities which the next President of the United States must meet.

And we need a better educated citizenry than any country to maintain a free society.

And I'll tell you why it's a false issue.

I favor Federal aid to education.

But if He has a place and a part for us, I believe that we are ready.

Unless we grow more, unless we employ fiscal and monetary policies that stimulate employment, we are going to have a recession in the winter of 1961.

I come here today as the Democratic standard bearer in a most important election.

The question we have to ask ourselves is: What kind of children, what kind of future men and women, are we raising in our new American homes?