
I am a free man first, an American second, a public servant third, and a Democrat fourth--in that order.
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I am a free man first, an American second, a public servant third, and a Democrat fourth--in that order.

Nothing is more important than peace.

The American people love peace and they hate war.

Woodrow Wilson also said: 'I love the Democratic Party, but I love America a great deal more.'

The Republicans are more expert on inflation than the Democrats.

Our forests—provide unmatched opportunities for both physical recreation and spiritual uplift.

We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generation--and that unfinished task is making Europe whole again.

I call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 16, 1966, as National Forest Products Week, with activities and ceremonies designed to direct public attention to the essential role that our forest…

A just peace remains our most important goal.

Our forests—sustain a vast complex of industries which employ a large segment of our population and contribute to the economic and social improvement of our forested rural areas.

There comes a time when a man really needs to examine his party loyalty.

And in the Kennedy Round we are negotiating with the other free world nations to reduce tariffs everywhere.

It makes a speaker have to talk out of both sides of his mouth.

Our forests—protect our water supply and our wildlife.

For a Democratic President to come to New Jersey is always a pleasure.

I think it is very evident that some of these candidates to whom you refer differ with certain of my policies that deal with equal rights and equal treatment for all of our citizens.

In government, I have never known the Devil to need an advocate.

We carefully evaluated the requests and decided it would be in the best interests of our own people, as well as the people of Indonesia, to extend the assistance we did.