John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This is an important election; in many ways it is more important than the election of 1932, for what was at stake in 1932 was the preservation of freedom here in the United States.

Lyndon Johnson and I run for the office of President and Vice President recognizing that this is a difficult and trying time for us all, that it calls for the best in the American Republic, the best spirit, the best determination, the…

I don't agree with it.

I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition - to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress.

I come among you asking hard work for the future.

Times and the problems since the Good Neighbor Policy have changed, but the thing that was most important about Roosevelt's administration was the atmosphere that was established, the feeling of interest and support he gave to the people…

The new frontier of which I speak does not consist of the things which we promise we will do for you; it consists of the things which you can do for your country.

I come today not as a citizen of Massachusetts, but as a fellow American.

I do not propose also to ask Cardinal Cushing to ask the Vatican to take some action.

But if, on the other hand, I should win the election, then I shall devote every effort of mind and spirit to fulfilling the oath of the Presidency.

He is the man who ran for help.

For our cause is a sacred cause.

And now we stand on the New Frontier.

The Democratic Party belongs to all the people.

I think that the Democratic Party can continue to function if it looks not only to the past, but to the future, and if it looks to all sections of the United States for support.

I ask you to join us in this great effort, and I can assure you that if we are successful, this country will begin to move again.

If we succeed here, if we are strong in this country, if we are carrying out policies of assistance to our people, if we hold out the hand of friendship abroad, if we present an image of vitality and strength, then the people around the…

I do mean whatever is cool between Texans and the Democratic Party.

I wanted Senator Johnson to run on this ticket for two reasons.

In the American Revolution, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind;' I think in 1960, the cause of all mankind is the cause of America.

If we are elected, every American, man or woman, who seeks to work will find it in a growing and expanding economy.

You know in Texas that you live or die, that you are at war or at peace, that you are secure or in danger, not based upon the policies of one district or one State, but based upon the policies of the United States.

Reverend Meza, Reverend Reck, I'm grateful for your generous invitation to speak my views.

I don't think that it is any inaccuracy that before this country broke up in 1861 the Democratic Party first broken up in Charleston, S.C., in 1860.

For the making of peace is the noblest work of God-fearing man.