For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.

And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and just in human affairs. It is the time to live more with faith and less with fear- with an abiding confidence that can sweep away the strongest barriers between us and teach us that we truly are brothers and sisters.

I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost

For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Main Street, and Main Street has received too little in return. It is not necessary to centralize power in order to solve our problems.

I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.