Sincerity is always subject to proof.

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

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what your community can not do for anyone else.

I look forward to an america in which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well. And I look forward to a world in which we will be safe not only for democracy and diversity but also for personal distinction.

Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.