If we are elected, we are going to build an American security and an American defense second to none.

I come to Houston to melt the ice - and I don't mean the ice on that rink.

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.

And now we stand on the New Frontier.

And right there lies one of the great issues in this campaign - an issue that divides the parties and the candidates.

I can think of no assignment more important for a new administration than to try to reestablish the atmosphere which was so happily established in the administration of Franklin Roosevelt, the Good Neighbor Policy.

He is the man who ran for help.

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.

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

I think we'd all be better off

First of all I want to express my thanks to all of you for taking Sunday off and coming to the airport to greet us.