John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I think the Democratic Party has understood that from the beginning.

This is a rich land here in southern Illinois.

Mr. Nixon's farm program consists of this one basic principle, that the support price for commodities shall be based on the preceding average market price for the past 3 years.

We also must serve our country in time of peace.

The economy of the United States is tied together.

If the people's interest is going to be protected, the President of the United States must stand for that protection.

It is ridiculous that a Nation which is in a race for its life with Russia cannot find full-time use for the talents and energies of 7 million people.

I cannot believe that even the Republicans can be happy about a candidate who runs on the slogan 'Party Labels Don't Mean Anything.'

I am sure that your present convention will preserve your long tradition of speaking out in behalf of social progress and economic justice.

I think this country has to move again.

To defeat godless communism, we have a full-time job ahead in the world.

I can assure you that if I am successful on this occasion, the same spirit will move us, the same spirit forward.

The United States has a vital stake in the strength and productivity of every region.

I can't believe in 1960 the American people are going to turn the United States over to the Republican Party and Mr. Nixon for 4 more years.

If Mr. Khrushchev had our food resources, he would be using them to spread the doctrine of communism. I want to use them to spread the doctrine of freedom.

We must end - once and for all - each and every form of discrimination.

I am confident that, as in the past, your deliberations will result in decisions that are in the best interest of our Nation as well as your membership.

A strong defense, a strong economy, a strong society serves not only ourselves but serves freedom.

This is an example of the Republican \bargain-basement\" approach to economic problems.

Our goals are not the same, nor are the means the same, nor have they been since Theodore Roosevelt.

I am proud to stand with them on this platform.

Next year a Democratic Congress will pass a good area redevelopment bill.

We need the full-time services of all our people.

When we stand still they begin to wonder whether the world is moving in the direction of the Communists.

It is the President of the United States that can set the goals for the country in housing, minimum wage, social security, unemployment compensation, and in equality of rights for all Americans, regardless of their race or color.