... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward, and so will space.

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

I am fully aware of the fact that the Democratic Party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

There is too little public recognition of how much we all depend upon farmers as stewards of our soil, water and wildlife resources.

So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And, as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war.

Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.