"I am in this campaign as your candidate for President of the United States."
"I am proud to have the support of this group of outstanding farmers and farm leaders."
"It is time, in short, for a Democratic program - and in 1960 we are going to put it into action."
"Our Government owes the American people a full explanation of this situation and an explanation of what is being done to keep Russia from establishing a new satellite, this time in the heart of Africa..."
"I believe the American people elect a President to act."
"It is time for a program which views the farmer as a great national asset - not an unwanted burden on the taxpayer."
"It is time for a program which sees in America's farms the true source of American strength - not a source of difficulty."
"First, of course, we must make immediate and fruitful use of surpluses we now have - through an expanded food-for-peace program to halt famine and malnutrition abroad - and through an increased food s..."
"It must protect growers of other crops from destructive competition through diversion of former wheat acreage."
"It must raise the farmer's income so that he can again become a full partner in American prosperity - and receive the decent income which his contribution to American strength so richly deserves."
"We must not allow our NATO bases to become an unwitting instrument of such an effort, which is being carried on in defiance of the United Nations, of world opinion, and of the hopes of all of those wh..."
"Farmers throughout the Nation are putting aside their differences in a common determination to prevent 4 more years of falling prices and shrinking incomes."