So much of what passes for public life consists of little more than candidates without ideas, hiring consultants without conviction, to stage campaigns without content. The result, increasingly, is elections without voters.

My goal is for a cooperative world at peace, using its resources to build, not to destroy.

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

Let America symbolize humanity's struggle to conquer nature and master technology. The time has now come for our Government to facilitate the individual's control over his or her future - and of the future of America.

Let us put an end to self-inflicted wounds. Let us remember that our national unity is a most priceless asset. Let us deny our adversaries the satisfaction of using Vietnam to pit Americans against Americans.

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.