That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe - a great office that must neither be humbled by making it the instrument of any one religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding its occupancy from the members of any one religious group. I believe in a President whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the Nation or imposed by the Nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world

All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?

The labor movement is people. Our unions have brought millions of men and women together, made them members one of another, and given them common tools for common goals. Their goals are goals for all America - and their enemies are the enemies for progress. The two cannot be separated.

But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.