John Fitzgerald Kennedy

If there are going to be inequalities, it should be on the grounds of their ability and dedication, not on the grounds of their color.

I believe that peace, like any other goal, requires action.

I do not share the opinion of some that disarmament would bring economic disaster.

Words alone will never impress Mr. Khrushchev.

We are talking, however, about two sets of problems which are familiar, with which we dealt in the past, the solution of which is easy, to get a President and a Congress that believe in progress.

For peace takes more than words.

We must work to rebuild our rapidly deteriorating defenses.

We will accomplish this through supply management, by bringing supply into line with demand.

I run with the idea not of downgrading our country, because my confidence in this country is unlimited.

The great problem that we face as citizens of this hemisphere is to prevent other countries from following that example.

I don't believe you can talk your way into peace.

These are the traditional issues, old but still new, and I believe that the next President and the next Congress must meet their responsibilities in this field.

I say it’s time we stopped the downward spiral where it began - on the farm.

It has been the Democratic Party that ran Wilson, Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

I want to emphasize that this is not a contest merely between Mr. Nixon and myself.

When the farmer can’t buy cars, the autoworker loses his job, and steel mills go down to 50 percent of capacity, as they are today.

I hope that if we are unsuccessful in this campaign, that the campaign, itself, the issue of this election, we will give the next President of the United States, whoever he may be, a sense of purpose, a sense of his obligation to place…

It is time to raise the American tide.

As long as there are people around the world who wish to be free but are not free, as long as there are people around the world who are fighting to maintain their independence, as long as there are people who look to us for leadership, I…

In order that we may compete, we need strong leadership at the top and in my judgment only the President of the United States can provide that leadership.

The Communist challenge must be met not only with military might but in the Christian spirit of feeding the hungry.

Farmers do business with the Secretary of Agriculture, and they have learned long ago that you can't do business with Benson.

I don't mind running against Mr. Nixon, but I have good enough sense not to run against the Green Bay Packers.

It ill becomes Mr. Nixon to charge that my farm program would raise food prices to consumers greatly.

The farm depression, coupled with the general sag in the economy, is America’s No.1 economic problem in 1960.