Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.

Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.