The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads .

If all of you had voted the other way - there's about 5500 of you here tonight - I would not be the President of the United States.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.

You have, at the same time, placed your confidence in me, and in my ability to render a free, fair judgment - to uphold the Constitution and my oath of office - and to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the Presidency in the national interest.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.