It is the function and responsibility of a political candidate for a national office in a free society and it has been since the time of ancient Athens, to tell the truth.

I warn you that the present rate of economic growth, the present rise in the power and prestige of the United States, is not enough, is not good enough.

My judgment is clear.

You can have an effect here and across the country, and I come here tonight and ask your help.

This country cannot survive unless the political leaders, those who seek positions of responsibility, are willing to tell the people the truth, and you cannot hide the truth in all the department agencies in Washington.

We are electing on Tuesday, not a committee, not a protégé, not a rescue squad; we are electing a President of the United States.

It is 3 o'clock in the morning.

If we succeed here, if we can build a strong and vital society, then the cause of freedom is strengthened.

We are the chief defenders of freedom, and it is incumbent upon us to get moving again.

I want to make it clear that if I am elected President of the United States, I will go to Washington, D.C., and begin to work.

Mr. Nixon based his campaign on three points: First, that this country's economy was never so good; secondly, that our prestige in the world was never higher; third, that the balance of power in the world was moving in the direction of…