John Fitzgerald Kennedy

So, I come here tonight to southern Maryland and ask your support in this campaign.

I do not believe that Mr. Nixon, since his nomination, has indicated any understanding or willingness to face up to the problems that this country faces.

I come here tonight as a candidate for the office of the Presidency of the United States.

For an examination of Mr. Nixon's record reveals his special ability to stand on almost every issue during the 14 years of his career.

We welcome Mr. Nixon's candid confession at this late hour that he is a Republican.

I am confident that this country will move ahead.

During the American Revolution of 1776, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.'

I think Franklin Roosevelt set before us in his second acceptance speech in 1936 the issues which separate our two parties.

I run against the 'Old Nixon' and the 'New Nixon.'

I do not downgrade America.

I believe that I am ready.

Our choice will be to assume the burdens and responsibilities of leadership.

One machine can do the job of five men.

Federal aid for vocational education plays an important part in the program of the Democratic Party for accelerating our rate of economic growth.

The Congress has an important function, but in a very real sense the Congress can block, but only the President of the United States can propose.

In vocational education, as elsewhere, nothing short of the best will meet the challenge of the 1960's.

I do not believe that the Communists have something to offer Africa, and Latin America, and Asia superior to what we offer.

The Soviet Union had more to offer him than the West.

I downgrade the prospective leadership which is offered by the Republican Party.

How is it possible for the United States to provide for an orderly system of disarmament?

More and more depends upon the vigor, the vitality, the good judgment, the sense of history, the sense of the future, the foresight of the next President of the United States.

In any case, I come tonight and ask your support in this very important campaign.

Though the problems change, I believe the spirit which motivates the Democratic Party is the same spirit of progress which motivated it when Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase.

I am in favor of continuing the appropriation of Federal funds for vocational education at the full amounts authorized under the various vocational education acts.

There is a difference between the two parties.