John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Governor Lawrence, Mayor Lee, and other Democratic mayors and local officials have firsthand knowledge of the problems of cities, and I look to them for guidance and continued local leadership in meeting these problems.

I am calling a conference in Pittsburgh on October 10 to consider what needs to be done about the urgent human problems of American cities and suburbs.

One of the greatest challenges of the next decade is the challenge to provide a decent home in a decent neighborhood for every American.

My feeling is that this is a great country, but I think it can be a greater country.

That is my privilege and your privilege.

This is a trying time in the life of our country, but I think in a very real sense if we do our job here, the future can belong to us.

I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising that if I am elected that life will be easy, but I do run for the office of the Presidency with the greatest possible confidence in this country.

President Eisenhower's own Housing Administrator has admitted that during this Republican administration we are losing the race against spreading slums.

Today there are more people in the United States living in slums than on farms.

This goal was first set by a Democratic administration in the Federal Housing Act of 1949.

I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising that if you elect me life will be easier.

I think we meet in the most difficult time in the life of our country.

I really don't see why we should engage in close debate over what you may believe and what I may believe.

We are running in this campaign train not only toward the city of Los Angeles, but we are running this campaign train all the way to Washington.

In the face of this challenge, the record of the Republican administration has been one of indifference and inaction.

We can do more, and we are going to do more.

There is a God today and He hates injustice, and we see the storm coming.

I ask you to join me in this campaign with a full recognition of all opportunities to rebuild our strength, rebuild our prestige, maintain our security, and maintain ourselves as the leaders of the free world.

In many ways, this is the most important election since the election of Lincoln 100 years ago.

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

This is a great country, but I think that we have to realize in the 1960's that it is going to be a difficult and dangerous time for us all.

We believe in doing better than we are doing, and they believe in standing still.

The only satisfaction you get is that it is raining on the just and unjust, Republicans and Democrats.

Our argument with the Republicans is not because we do not know that they share a common goal for America - they do - but our argument with them is that they don't know how to do it.

The United States is the great defender of freedom.