John Fitzgerald Kennedy

In every generation there are those who say it is time to move forward again - it is time to move forward, it is time to build a better country, it is time to extend the benefits of our society to all of our people.

Let me say that if the question is would I permit my religions affiliation to interfere with my devotion to the Constitution and my responsibilities under the Constitution, I would not.

We should hold out the hand to those people before the moment of desperation comes, and then accompany them on the road to freedom.

We stand where Franklin Roosevelt stood, and I think in the next few years here in this country we should build a better society, where all Americans, regardless of their race, of their creed and their color, regardless of the…

On the economic scene, we must prove that our Nation will not rest as long as segments of our people are in want.

America's road ahead is not an easy one.

I appreciate very much your coming outside and saying 'hello,' and I want to assure you that we share the same hope, not only for this State, but also for the country.

We must insist that the United States make those hard decisions which go with being secure, with maintaining our freedom, with maintaining our strength, with maintaining our position in the world.

We want to convince you between now and November 8 that the Democratic Party can be of service to this State and this district and the country.

This country will not maintain its freedom, this country will not maintain its commitments around the world, unless we have a strong and vigorous economy, able to maintain our commitments, able to build, able to move.

The support price will be tied to a parity price which would bear the relationship between what the farmer would earn, with comparable resources, and comparable managerial skill.

I can assure you that if we are successful, we do not say that all problems will be solved, but I can assure you that we will have a government that is moving and a country that goes ahead.

In that spirit in 1960, we come here tonight and dedicate ourselves to this country, dedicate ourselves to its future, dedicate ourselves to moving this country forward again.

I believe Mr. Nixon is another Dewey.

I come here to Illinois tonight and ask your help in this campaign ask your help in moving this country forward again.

I am convinced that our country must remain strong if it is to maintain its role as the hope of free men.

I believe that this hospital and hospitals like it must continue to grow to meet the needs of our population, and also that this country must grow.

I am going to save this hat and if I get elected I will wear it in the inaugural parade.

I think there is need for new leadership.

We have to build in this country a strong and vital society, that when we are a good neighbor in the United States, we shall be a good neighbor around the world.

I am confident that he serves not the interests of his members, not labor in general and not the public, and I feel that as labor people and working men and women and honest union officials, who try to do a decent job, who represent their…

This Nation needs that kind of leadership in 1961 from the next President of the United States.

I am convinced that the basic issue which faces the American people and, indeed, the people of the world, is whether the world can exist half slave and half free.

Within our own Nation we must also give real leadership to the many moral and economic problems that face a large number of our citizens.

The three great qualities which characterized Lincoln's Presidency were leadership, courage, and foresight.