John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I do not agree with Mr. Khrushchev when he says he is going to bury us.

I would hope that it might be possible for some agreement to be entered into by the Soviet Union and the United States and other countries who are interested in space, and all countries are.

It is time for a program which encourages the construction of decent homes for all Americans - rather than a program which retreats from growth and progress.

It is time for a fresh and imaginative program to resolve the problems of our Nation's timber industry - and to meet the desperate housing needs of millions of Americans.

The hard, tough question for the next decade, for this or any other group of Americans, regardless of their party, is whether we or the Communist world can best demonstrate the vitality of our system.

I did not discuss the Vice President's action on the teachers' salaries or anything else.

To rebuild American prestige now will not be easy.

I come to this valley in this fair today asking you to join me in this great national effort to rebuild the strength of America here and around the world.

I think it should move with us.

It cannot be done overnight by a new administration.

I am most grateful to Senator Morse for his wire.

We had a recession in 1954, we had a recession in 1948, we have a plateau today, which may lead to some difficulties in 1961, unless we can get the economy of the United States moving at the kind of growth which we see not just in the…

I think we can demonstrate in the next 10 years, in the next 40 years, that our high noon is in the future, that our best days are ahead that our system is in keeping with the basic aspirations of the human people, all over the globe, and…

Anybody in any position, sports, acting, teaching, housewives, whatever, if they want to participate and be active for either party, I think it is a good thing.

The great quality of the Oregon Democratic Party has been its recognition of the right of dissent.

There is not any doubt in my mind that our system of checks and balances, which I strongly support, cannot work effectively unless the House, the Senate, and the Presidency are working together for the general interest.

I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising that life is going to be easier.

It was a source of regret to me that this last session of the Congress failed to pass a Federal aid to education bill.

I run for the office of the Presidency saying that this is a great State and a great country, but I also say that it can be a greater country.

The peoples of the world respect a nation which can see beyond its own image.

We are going to have to maintain the best school System in the United States.

As quickly as possible, we should bring home-financing costs back again within reach of the millions of American working families desiring to buy homes they can afford.

In dollar volume and in the employment of materials and manpower the construction industry should be one of the strongest forces in the Nation's economy.

We should make a real national effort to maintain our position in space, because it is going to be the dominant area in the future for military strategy.

I run for the office of the Presidency realizing that in the next 4 years it is going to be the most difficult years that we have ever had.