American prestige, essential to our influence and our security, has declined these last 8 years even more sharply than we realized.

All I can do as a candidate for the Presidency is to make a judgment on what this country must do.

Let me say that Mr. Nixon and I have one thing in common and that is that he just campaigns in Republican districts.

This administration has refused to make these surveys public

I don't think if we continue on our present basis that we will be the leaders of the free world.

I believe there are two basic responsibilities which the next President of the United States must meet.

And I'll tell you why it's a false issue.

But if He has a place and a part for us, I believe that we are ready.

I come here today as the Democratic standard bearer in a most important election.

If you are satisfied, if you feel happy about your life, if you feel our country is meeting its responsibilities, then you belong in Mr. Nixon's camp.

Mr. Nixon runs on a program of saying that our prestige has never been higher