"I think we can do this job."
"But I can promise you that if I am elected we shall proceed ahead, and I think we shall not only endure, but prevail."
"I think this is an important election, and I think the State of Oregon is heavily involved."
"This is an important election because it comes at a most important time in the life of our country."
"All builders and businessmen in the construction industry join me, I know, in seeking 'a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family.'"
"A free society is the most difficult of all kinds of government to maintain, and it can only be done if we have the best educated and the best trained citizens."
"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 come and run for the office of the Presidency because I like America, but I think it can do better, and that is what we should dedicate ourselves to."
"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."
"I believe that a healthy, expanding economy will enable us to build 2 million homes a year, in wholesome neighborhoods, for people of all incomes."
"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."
"It was a source of regret to me that this last session of the Congress failed to pass a Federal aid to education bill."