Record. This is the background for speeches made by political nominees john f. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. John f. Kennedy was a u. S. Senator representing massachusetts. Here he is at the Democratic National convention in los angeles, followed by Richard Nixon in chicago. [applause] [cheering] senator kennedy governor stevenson, senator johnson, senator humphrey, speaker rayburn, fellow democrats, i want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for a generous and heartwarming introduction. [applause] it was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 democratic nomination, i am delighted to have his support and his counsel and his advice in the coming months ahead. [applause] let me say first, that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. [applause] i accept it without reservation, and with only one obligation, the obligation to devote every effort of my mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory , and our nation to greatness. I am grateful too, that you have provided us with such a strong platform to stand on and run on. [applause] pledges which are made so eloquently are made to be kept. The civil andman, economic rights essential to the economic dignity of all men are indeed our goal, and are indeed our first principle. This is a platform on which i can run with enthusiasm and with conviction. And i am grateful, finally, that i can rely in the coming months of many others. On a distinguished running mate who brings unity and strength to our platform and ticket, lyndon johnson. [applause] and one of the most articulate okesmen of our times, addley stevenson. A great fighter for our needs and our people, stewart signington. And my traveling companion in wisconsin and west virginia, senator hubert humphrey. On paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman, and on that fighting campaigner whose support i welcome, president harry truman. [applause] i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. And i am proud of the contrast of our republican competitors. For their ranks are so thin that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last 12 months. [applause] i am fully aware of the fact that the Democratic Party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as new atnd hazardous risk, least since 1928. The Democratic Party has placed its confidence in the american people, and in their ability to free and fair judgment, and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. [applause] to uphold the constitution and my oath of office. To reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the presidency in the natural interest. [applause] my record of 14 years in supporting public education, supporting complete separation of church and state, and resisting pressure of sources of nowkind, should be clear by to everyone. [applause] i hope that no american, i hope that no american, considering the really Critical Issues facing this country, will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me because of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant. [applause] i am telling you what you are entitled to know, as i come before you seeking your support for the most powerful office in the free world. I am saying to you that my decisions on every Public Policy will be my own as an american, as a democrat, and as a free man. [applause] i mention all of this only because this country faces so many serious challenges, so many great opportunities, so many responsibilities, that i hope that it is those great matters that we can address ourselves in the coming months. And if this statement of mine makes it easier to concentrate on our nations problems, then i am glad that i have made it. [applause] under any circumstances, the victory we seek in november will not be easy. We know that in our hearts, we know that our opponent will invoke the name of Abraham Lincoln on behalf of their candidate. Despite the fact that his political career has often seemed to show Charity Towards non, and malice towards all. Show Charity Towards none, and malice towards all. We know that it will not be easy to campaign against a man who has spoken and voted on every side of every issue. [applause] mr. Nixon may feel that it is his turn now, after the new deal and the fair deal. But before he deals, someone is going to cut the cards. [applause] that someone may be the millions of americans who voted for president eisenhower, but would balk at electing his successor. For just as historians tell us that richard the first was not fit to fill the shoes of the bold henry the second, and as and that Richard Cornwall was not fit to wear the medal of his uncle, they might add in future years that Richard Nixon did not measure up to the footsteps of dwight d. Eisenhower. [applause] that he could carry on the party policies, the policies of andn and benson and dirksen goldwater, but the nation cannot afford such a luxury. We could afford a coolidge following harding, and perhaps we could afford a pierce but afterfillmore, buchanan, this nation needed lincoln. After taft, we needed wilson. And after hoover, we needed franklin roosevelt. [applause] but we are not merely running against mr. Nixon. Ne ofask is not merely o itemizing republican failures, nor is that only necessary, for the families forced from the farm do not need to tell them for the plight. The unemployed minors and the and textileners workers know that the decision is before them. The families without a decent home, the parents of children without a decent school, they all know that it is time for a change. [applause] we are not here to curse the darkness, we are here to light a candle. [applause] as Winston Churchill said on taking office some 20 years ago, if we open a quarrel between the present in the past and be in danger of losing the future. Our concern must be with the future because the world is changing and the old era is ending, and the old ways will not do. Abroad the balance of power is shifting, new and more terrible weapons are coming into use. One third of the world may be free, but one third is a victim of a cruel repression and the other third is rock i and hunger and disease. Communist influence has penetrated into asia, it stands in the middle east, and now, some 90 miles off the coast of florida. Friends have slipped into neutrality and neutrals have slipped into hostility. As our keynote reminded us, the president who began his career it ng to korea and did by going to korea ended it by staying away from japan. [applause] the world has been close to war before, but now man, who has survived all previous threats, has taken into his mortal hands the power to exterminate his species seven times over. Here at home, the future is equally revolutionary. The new deal, and the fair deal put bold measures for their generations, but now this is a new generation, a technological output, explosion on the farms has led to an output explosion. An urban population revolution andovercrowded our schools flooded our cities and crowded our slums. A peaceful resolution for human rights, demanding an end to Racial Discrimination in all parts of our community life, has strained at leashes imposed by a timid executive leadership. It is time, in short [applause] it is time, in short, for a new generation of leadership. All over the world, particularly in the newer nations, young man young men are coming to power, men who are not bound by the traditions of the past. Men who are not blinded by the old fears and hate send rivalries, young men who can cast off the old slogans and the old delusions. The republican nominee, of course, is a young man, but his approach is as old as mckinley. [applause] his party is the party of the past, the party of memories. His speeches are generalities from Poor Richards almanac. Their platform, made up of all leftover democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is for the status quo, and today there is no status quo. For i stand here tonight, facing west on what was once the last frontier, from the lands that stretched 3000 miles behind us , the pioneers gave up their safety, their comfort, and sometimes their lives to build our new west. They were not the captives of their own doubt, or the prisoners of their own. They were determined to make the world strong and free, an example to the world, to overcome its hazards and its hardships, to conquer the enemies that threatened within and without. Some would say that those over, that allll the horizons have been explored, that all the battles have been won, that there is no longer an american frontier. But i charge that no one in this convention would agree with that sentiment. For the problems are not all solved, and the battles are not all won, and we stand today on the edge of a new frontier, the frontier of the 1960s, the frontier of unknown thertunities and perils, frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats. Woodrow wilsons new freedom promised our nation a new economic framework. Franklin roosevelts new deal uccor to security and s those in need. But the new frontier of which i speak is not a set of promises. It is a set of challenges. It sums up not what i intend to offer to the american people, but what i intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride. [applause] it appeals to our pride, not our security. It holds out the promise of more sacrifice, instead of more security. A new frontier is here, whether we seek it or not. Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space, unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered providence of ignorance and and prejudice, Unanswered Questions of poverty and surplus. It would be easier to shrink from that new frontier, to look to the safe mediocrity of the past, to be lulled by good intentions and high rhetoric and those who prefer that cause should not vote for me of the Democratic Party. [applause] but i believe that the times require imagination, courage, and perseverance. I am asking each of you to be pioneers towards that new frontier. My call is to the young at heart, regardless of age, to the stout in spirit, regardless of party, to all who respond to the call to be strong and of good courage, be not afraid, neither be dismayed. Four for courage, not complacency is our need today. Leadership, not salesmanship. And the only valid a test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously. A tired nation, said david lloyd george, is a tory nation. And the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or tory. [applause] there may be those who wish to hear more, more promises to this group or that, more harsh rhetoric about the men in the kremlin as a substitute for policy more assurances of a , golden future where taxes are always low in the subsidies are and the subsidies are always high. But my promises are in the platform that you have adopted. Our ends will not be won by rhetoric, and we can only have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves. [applause] for the harsh facts of the matter are that we stand at this frontier at a turning point of history. We must prove all over again to we stand onorld, as a most conspicuous stage, whether this nation conceived as it is with its freedom of its opportunity, and range of alternatives can compete with the singleminded advance of the communists. Can a nation organized and governed such as ours and your endure . As ours that is the real question. Have we the nerve and the will . Can we carry through it age where we will witness not only new breakthroughs, but also raise for the mastery of the ocean and the tides the far side , of space, and the inside of mens mind. That is the question of the new frontier and the choice that our nation must make. A choice that does not rely between two men or two parties, but between private interest and public comfort, from breathing the fresh air of progress and this tale, dank atmosphere of normalcy, between dedication and mediocrity. All mankind waits for our decision, a whole world looks to see what we shall do, and we cannot fail that trust, and we cannot fail to try. It has been a long road from the first, snowy day in New Hampshire many months ago, to this crowded convention city. Now begins another long journey, taking me into your cities and homes across the United States. Give me your help, and your hand, and your voice. [applause] recall with me the words of isaiah, they that wait upon the lord shall receive strength. They shall mount up on the wings of eagles. They shall run and not be weary. As we face the upcoming great challenge, we shall wait upon the lord and ask that renew our strength. Then we shall be equal to the test. Then we shall not the weary. Then we shall prevail. [applause] [happy days are here again playing] when Richard Nixon accepted the republican nomination for president in 1960, he was the incumbent Vice President after spending eight years in the eisenhower administration. Earlier, he was elected to two terms in the u. S. House and one in the senate, representing california. Richard nixon accepted the nomination at the republican National Convention in chicago. [applause] [applause] yahoo David Brinkley more bags of balloon have been released. It has been a big year of balloons. The celebration last night, balloons were filled up with gas and released as folks lined up. Popping] that sound, which you may possibly hear on your home receiver, Something Like a telegraph in operation, that is caused by these bursting balloons, thousands of them. Popping] mrs. Nixon, the Vice President s wife, and his mother, two little girls. They are describing the costume of a lady, but mrs. Nixons dress, incidentally, is a right green, and a hat to match. David brinkley nbcs margins zanoski asked misses nixon to step out from the vip line long enough to ask her a few questions, and she said she would like to, but the children were so excited that she was reluctant to come. [cheering and applause] hoo. O the ticket. [cheering and applause] the demonstration may be hard to stop, because the man we have , thisearing about or days is the first time he has been up there himself. [indistinct chatter] [applause] [crowd cheering] them have ao let chance to get to their spots. They will move as quickly as they can. That is a huge gathering. The aisles are so narrow. [crowd chanting] there is texas, arizona again, ole, ole. Delegates are still facing the aisles and carrying signs, waiting to them are begin. [crowd starts chanting] thank you. The delegates will take their places as quickly as they can. And if you will just be quiet, you are going to have dick nixon. [cheering and applause] mr. Chairman, delegates of Vice President nixon mr. Chairman, delegates of this convention, my fellow americans, i have made many speeches in my life, and never have i found it more difficult to find the words adequate to express what i feel as i find them tonight. To stand here before this great convention, to hear your expression of affection for me, for pat, for our daughters, for my mother, for all of us who are representing our party is of course the greatest moment of my life. And i want you [applause] and i just want you to know that my only prayer, as i stand here, is that in the months ahead, i may be in some way worthy of the affection and trust which you have presented to me on this occasion, and everything i say, everything i do, everything i in everything i do in this campaign, and after. [applause] may i say also that i have been wanting to come to this convention, but because of the protocol that makes it necessary for a candidate not to attend the convention until the nominations are over, i have had to look on it on television. But i want all of you to know that i have never been so proud of my party as i have been in these last three days. [cheering and applause] and as i have compared this convention, the conduct of our delegates and our speakers with what went on in my native state of california dust two weeks ago [cheering and applause] , and i congratulate the chairman, and chairman martin and all of those who have helped , to make this convention one that will stand in the annals of our party forever as one of the finest we have ever held. Have you ever stopped to think of the memories you will take away from this convention . The things that run through my mind are these, that first day with the magnificent speeches. Mr. Hoover with his great lessons for the american people. [applause] walter judge with one of the most outstanding keynote addresses in either party in history. [applause] and last night, our beloved , fighting president making the greatest speech i have ever heard him make before this convention. [applause] your platform and its magnificent reason tatian by chuck magnificent percy, then by chuck chairman. [applause] for these and for so many other things i want to congratulate you tonight, and the thank you from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of america, not just republicans, americans everywhere, for making us proud of our country and our twoparty system, for what you have done. [cheering and applause] and tonight, too, i particularly want to thank this convention for nominating as my running mate a world statesman of first rank, my friend and colleague Henry Cabot Lodge of massachusetts. [applause] in refreshing contrast to what happened in los angeles, you nominated a man who shared my views on the great issues and who will work with me and not against me in carrying out our magnificent platform. [applause] and may i say that during this week, we republicans who feel strongly about our party and about our country have had our differences, but as the speech by senator goldwater indicated yesterday [applause] and the elegant eloquent and gracious remarks that my friend rockefeller indicated tonight, [applause] we republicans know the differences that divide us are incontestable compared to what the democrats would upon us from what they did in their convention two weeks ago. [applause] it was only eight years ago that i stood in this very place, after you had nominate as our candidate for president one of the great men of our century. And i say to you tonight that for generations to come, americans regardless of already will gratefully remember Dwight Eisenhower as the man who brought peace to america. [applause] as the man under whose leadership americans joint americans enjoyed the greatest prosperity in history. But above all, they will remember him as the man who restored honesty, integrity, and dignity to the conduct of government in the highest office of this land. [cheering and applause] my fellow americans, i know now that you will understand what i next say, because the next president of the United States will have his great example to follow. Because the next president will have new and challenging problems in the world of utmost gravity, this truly is the time for greatness in americas leadership. I am sure you will understand why i do not say tonight that i alone am the man who can furnish that leadership. That the question is not for me, but for you to decide. And i only ask tonight [applause] i only ask that the thousands in this hall and millions listening to me on television, i only ask that you make that decision in the most thoughtful way you possibly can, because what you decide this november will not only affect your lives and your future, it will affect the future of millions throughout the world. And i urge you, study the records of the candidate, listen to my speeches and that of my opponents, and about of mr. Lodge and out of his opponent. And after you have studied our records and listened to our speeches, decide. Decide on the basis of what we say and what we believe, which is best qualified to lead america and the free world in this critical period. And to help you make these decisions, i would like to discuss tonight some of the great problems which will confront the next president of the United States and policies i believe that should be met. 100 years ago in this city, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president of United States. The problems which will confront our next president will be even greater than those that confronted him. The question then was freedom for the slaves and survival of the nation. The question now is freedom for all mankind and the survival of civilization. And the choice you make, each of you listening to me makes this november can affect the answers to that question. What should your choice be and , what is it . Lets first examine what our opponents offered in los angeles two weeks ago. They claim theres is a new program, but do you know what it was . It was simply the same old proposition a Political Party should be all things to all men, and nothing more than that. [applause] and they promised everything to everybody, with one exception. They didnt promise to pay the bills. [applause] and i say tonight, that with their convention, their platform, and their ticket, they composed a symphony of political cynicism which is out of harmony with our times today. [cheering and applause] now, we come to the key question, what should our answer be . , do ase might say, why them,o, outpromise because that is the only way to win. I want to tell you my answer, i happen to believe their program would be disastrous for america, wreck our economy and our peoples high hopes for a better life. Whatever the political consequences, we are not going to try to outpromise our opponents in this campaign. [cheering and applause] we are not going to make promises we cannot and should not keep, and we are not going to try to buy the peoples votes with their own money. [cheering and applause] and to those who say this position will mean political defeat, my answer is this, we have more faith than that in the good sense of the american people, provided the people know the facts, and that is when we come in. And i pledge to you tonight that we will bring the facts home to the american people, and we will asit with a campaign such this country has never seen before. [applause] i have been asked by the newsmen sitting on my right and left all week long, when is this campaign began, mr. Vice president . On the day after labor day or another traditional date . This is my answer. This Campaign Begins here and now, and it goes on. [cheering and applause] and this campaign will continue from now until november 8 without any laptop without any let up. I have also been asked by my friends in the press on either side. They say, mr. Vice president , where are you going to concentrate . What states are you going to visit . And this is my answer. In this campaign, we are going to take no states were granted , and we arent going to concede any states to the opposition. [cheering and applause] take no states for granted, and we arent going to concede any states to the opposition. [cheering and applause] and i announce to you tonight , and pledge to you that i personally will carry this campaign into every one of the 50 states of this nation between now and november. [cheering and applause] and in this campaign, i make a prediction. Andy that just as in 1952 1950 six, millions of democrats will join us, not because they party, butng their because their party deserted them out los angeles two weeks ago at los angeles two weeks ago. [cheering and applause] now, i have suggested you what our friends of the opposition offer to the american people. What do we offer . First, we are proud to offer the best eightyear record of any administration in the history of this country. [applause] but my fellow americans, that is not all and that is not enough, because we happen to believe a record is not something to stand on but to build on. , and building on the great record of this administration, we shall build a better america. We shall build an america in which we shall see the realization of the dreams, the dreams of millions of people not only in america, but throughout freer,ld, for a fuller, richer life than men have ever known in the history of mankind. Let me tell you something about the history of the goals for this after america. In this america, our older citizens shall not only have protections against the hazards of ill health, but a greater opportunity to lead a useful and productive life by participating to the extent they are able in the nations exciting work, rather than sitting on the sidelines. [applause] and in this better america, Young Americans shall not only have the best basic education in america, but every boy and girl of ability, regardless of his financial circumstances, shall have the opportunity to develop his intellectual capabilities to the full. [applause] our wage earners shall enjoy increasingly higher wages in honest dollars, with better protection against the hazards of unemployment and old age. And for those millions of americans who are still denied equality of rights and opportunity, i say there shall be the greatest progress in human rights since the days of lincoln 100 years ago. [applause] and americas farmers, americas farmers, to whose hard work and almost incredible efficiency we owe the fact that we are the clothes people in the world, i say americas farmers must receive what they do not have today and what they deserve, a fair share of americas everincreasing prosperity. [cheering and applause] canned to accomplish these things, we will develop to the full the untapped national resources, our water, minerals, our power with which we are so fortunate to be blessed in this rich land of ours. And we shall provide for our scientists the support they need for the research that will open exciting, new highways into the future. New highways in which we shall have progress which we cannot even dream of today. And above all, in this decade of the 1960s, this decade of decision and progress, we will witness the continued revitalization of americas moral and spiritual strength, with a renewed faith in the internal ideals of freedom and ourice under god, which are priceless heritage a people. [applause] and now im sure many of you in , this all and many of you on television might ask, but mr. Nixon, dont our opponents favor just such goals as these . And my answer is, yes of course. , all americans, regardless of party, want a better life for our people. What is the difference then . And i will tell you what it is. The difference is in the way we propose to reach these goals. And the record shows that our theirs doesnt, and we are going to prove it in this campaign. [applause] we produce on the promises that they make. We succeed where they fail. Do you know why . Put, as governor rockefeller said in his remarks, we put our primary reliance not upon government but upon people , for progress in america. , [applause] that is why we will succeed. And we must never forget that the strength of america is not in its government, but in its people, and we say tonight there is no limit to the goals america can reach, provided we stay true to the Great American tradition. Great american traditions. A government has a role and an important one, but the role of government is not to take responsibility from people but , to put responsibility on them. It is not to dictate to people people but to encourage and , stimulate the creative productivity of free americans. 180 million that is a way to progress in america. [applause] in other words, we have faith in the people, and because our programs for progress are based on that faith, we shall succeed where our opponents will fail in building the better america i described. But if these goals are to be reached, the next president of the United States must have the wisdom to choose between the things government should and should not do. He must have the courage to stand against the pressures of the few for the good of the many. And he must have the vision to press forward on all fronts for the better life our people want. Now, i have spoken with you of the responsibility of our next president at home. Those which he will face abroad will be infinitely greater. But before i look to the future, let me say a word about the past. At los angeles two weeks ago, we heard the United States, our government, blamed for mr. Khrushchevs sabotage of the paris conference. We are the United States blame for the actions of communistled mobs in caracas and tokyo. We heard that american educations and american scientists are inferior. We heard that america militarily and economically is a second rate country. We heard that american prestige is at an alltime low. This is my answer. I say at a time where the communists are running us down abroad, it is time to speak up for america at home. [cheering and applause] my friends, let us recognize america has its weaknesses. And constructive criticism of those we this is is essential so that we can correct our weaknesses in the best traditions of our democratic country, but lets recognize this. While it is dangerous to say nothing wrong in america, it is just as wrong to reduce the recognize of what is right about america. [cheers and applause] tonight, i say to you, no criticism should be allowed to obscure the truth, either at home or abroad. America is the strongest nation militarily, economically, and ideologically, in the world and we have the will, stamina, resources to maintain that strength in the years ahead. [cheers and applause] now, if we may turn to the future. We must recognize that the Foreign Policy problems of the 1960s will be different, and will be vastly more difficult than those of the 1950s through which we have just passed. We are in a race, my fellow americans. In a race for survival in which our lives, fortunes, liberties are at stake. We are ahead now, but the only way to stay ahead in a race is to move ahead. The next president will make decisions that will determine whether we win or lose this race. What must we do . These things i believe. He must resolve first, and above all, that the United States must never settle for second best in anything. [cheers and applause] lets look at the specifics. Militarily first, why, not only to deter oppression but to make sure that we are never in a position at the conference table where his successors are able to coerce an american president because of his strength and our weakness. [applause] lets look what the problem is. Diplomatically, our next resident must be firm, firm on principle but never belligerent. He must never engage in a war of words to the point of nuclear catastrophe. But while he must never answer insults in kind, he must leave no doubts, at any time, whether it is in berlin or anywhere else in the world, america will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody. [cheers and applause] because we have already paid a terrible price in lives to learn avoiding the extremes of belligerency on the one hand and the other hand, mr. Kennedy suggested with the world needs is young leadership. It is true that youth does bring hope, imagination, and drive to leadership, and we need all of those things. I think most people will agree with me when i say they are not young men but we are in it with which we have their wisdom, experience, and red zone our side of the struggle for freedom today in the world. [cheers and applause] and i might suggest as we look at it, it was only fair to point out that it was not them but mr. Kennedy who made the rash and and impulsive order. [booing] the problems facing the next president , far more difficult and critical, will be the decisions he must make to be the enemies of freedom in an entirely different kind of struggle. And no, i want to speak to you of another kind of aggression. Aggression without laws, where the aggressor comes not as a conqueror but as a champion of peace, of freedom, of bringing progress, plenty, and hope to the unfortunate of the earth. I say tonight that the biggest problem confronting the next president of the United States will be to inform the people of this kind of aggression, to arouse the people to the mortal danger it presents and inspire the people to meet that danger. He must develop a grand, new strategy which will win the battle for read him for all men and win it without a war. That is the great task of the next president of the United States. [applause] and this will be a difficult task, because at times, our next president must tell the people not what they want to hear but what they need to hear. Why, for example, it may be just as essential to the National Interest to build a dam in india as in california. It will be difficult because we americans have always been able to see and understand the danger presentesi the subversion destroying of the will of people to destroy attorney. The fact that this threat is as i believe it to be the greatest danger we have ever confronted, this is no reason for lack of confidence in the time, because there is one great theme that runs through our history as a nation, americans are always at their best when the challenge is great. [applause] and i say tonight, that we americans shall rise to our greatest part of the 1960s as we mount the offensive to meet those forces which threaten the rights everywhere, but there are things we can do and we must do, and i would like to list them tonight. First, we must take the necessary steps to ensure the American Economy grows at a maximum rate, so we can maintain our lead over the communists. How do we do this . There isnt any magic formula by which government and a free nation and bring this about. The way to ensure maximum growth in america is not by expanding the functions of government but by increasing the opportunities for investment and creating enterprise for millions of individual americans. [cheers and applause] at a time when the communists have found it necessary to turn to decentralization of their economy and turn to the use of individual incentives doing his to increase productivity, at a time when they turn our way, we must and will not make the mistake of turning their way. [cheers and applause] there is another step we must take, a second one. Our government activity must be reorganized to take the initiative from the communist and carry out a worldwide offensive for peace and freedom. The complex things that have grown up through the years, for loans, information, all of these must be welded together into one powerful economic and ideological Striking Force under the direct supervision and leadership of the president of the United States. [applause] because what we must do, you see, is to wage battle for peace and freedom with the same unified direction and dedication with which we wage battles in war. As these activities exceed, we must develop a better Training Program for those men and women who represent our country, and what we need are men with Broad Knowledge of the intricacies and techniques of the strategy of communism. With a key knowledge of the great principles for which free people stand, and above all, men who would feel and dedication which the communists cannot match, who will outlast the enemies of freedom anyplace in the world. This is the kind of men that we must train. [applause] and we must recognize something else. Government cannot do this job alone. The most effective components of freedom are not government but free people. This means everyone of you listening tonight who works or travels abroad must represent his country at its best in everything he does. [applause] and the United States, big and strong as it is, we cant do this alone. The best brains, fullest resources of other nations, just be mobilized to participate with us in this task. What is most important of all, above all, we must recognize with the greatest economic strength we can imagine, the finest government organization, all of this will fail if we are not united and inspired by a great idea, an idea which will be a battle cry for a grand offensive to win the minds and hearts and souls of men. Do we have such an idea . The communists proclaim over and over again that their aim is the victory of communism throughout the world. It is not enough for us to reply that our aim is to contain communism, defend the free world against communism, to hold the line against communism, the only answer to a strategy of victory for the communist world is a strategy of victory for the free world. [applause] but let the victory we seek b. E not victory over any other seek be not victory over any other nation or any other people. Let it be the victory of freedom. When he says our grandchildren will live under communism, lets say his grandchildren will live in freedom. [cheers and applause] when mr. Khrushchev says the Monroe Doctrine is dead in the american, we say the doctrine of freedom applies everywhere in the world. I say tonight, let us welcome mr. Khrushchev, challenge the competition of our system but compete in the communist world. The communist dictators must not be allowed the privileged sanctuary from which to launch their guerrilla attacks on the citadels of freedom. [cheers and applause] we say further, extend this competition, extend it to include not only food and factories as he has suggested but extend it to include the great spiritual and moral values which characterize our civilization. [applause] and further, let us welcome, my friends. Let us welcome the challenge. Not to be disconcerted by it or fail to meet it, the challenge presented with peoples aspirations, in south america, asia, in africa. We cant fail in this mission. We cannot fail to assist them in finding a way to progress with fredoom so that they will be freedom so that they will be faced with the terrible alternative of turning the communism with its promise of progress at the cost of. Let us make it clear to them that our aim in helping them is not merely to stop communism, but that in the Great American tradition of concern, for those less fortunate than we are, that we welcome the opportunity to work with people everywhere in helping them to achieve their aspirations for a life of human dignity. This means our primary aim must be not to help government but to help people, to help people attain the life they deserve. [applause] in essence, what i am saying tonight, our answer to the communist revolution is renewed devotion to the great ideals of the american revolution. Ideals that caught the imagination of the world 180 years ago, and still lives in the minds and hearts of people everywhere. I could tell you tonight all you need to do to bring all of these things about is elect the right man as president of this country. My fellow americans, america demands more than that of me and you. When i visited the soviet union, in every factory, there was a huge sign which read, work for the victory of come in is in. Ommunism and what America Needs today is not just the president , not just the few leaders, but millions of americans working for the victory of freedom. [applause] each american must make a total commitment to the cause of freedom and all it stands for. It means wage earners and employers making an extra effort to increase productivity of our factories. It means our students in schools striving for excellence rather than adjusting to mediocrity. [applause] it means supporting and encouraging our scientists to explore the unknown, not just for what we can get, but for what we can learn. And it means, on the part of each american, assuming personal responsibility to make this country which we love a proud example of freedom for all the world. Each of us, for example, doing our part and ending the prejudice which 100 years after lincoln to our shame still embarrasses us abroad and at home. Each of us participated in this and other political campaigns not just by going to the polls and voting bang, but for the candidate of your choice. It means a sacrifice. But not the sacrifice of desperation. The rewarding sacrifice of choice, which lifts us out of the humdrum life in which we live and gives us supreme satisfaction which comes from working together in a cause greater than ourselves, greater than our nation, as great as the whole world. [applause] what i propose tonight is not new. It is as old as america and as young as america. Because america will never grow old. [applause] you will remember, listen. Thomas jefferson said we act not for ourselves alone but the whole human race. Lincoln said in giving freedom to the slaves, we assure freedom to the free. We shall nobly serve or mainly lose the last rest hope of earth. Teddy roosevelt said our first duty as citizens of the nation is owed to the United States but we also serve the interest of mankind at large. What Woodrow Wilson said, a patriotic american is never so proud of the flag in which he lives and when it comes to me to mean to others as well as to himself a symbol of hope and liberty. And we say today that a Young America shall fulfill her destiny by helping to build a new world in which men can live together in peace and justice with each other. [applause] but, there is a difference today. An exciting difference. The difference is because of the science, for the first time in human history, we have the resources to wage a winning war against poverty, misery, and disease wherever it exists in the world. And upon the next president , of the United States, will rest a responsibility to inspire and to lead the forces of freedom toward this goal. I am sure now that you understand why i said at the beginning it would be difficult for any man to say he was qualified to provide this kind of leadership. I can only say to you tonight that i believe in the American Dream because i have seen it come true in my own life. [cheers and applause] i know something of the threat which confronts us. And i know something of the effort which will be needed to meet it. I have seen hate for america, not only in the kremlin but in communist in our own country and on the ugly face of a mom in mob in caracas. I have heard doubts about americans, expressed not just by communists but by labor leaders in other countries, searching for the way to a better life and wondering if we have lost the way. I have seen love for america. In countries throughout the the world, in a crowd, in chicago, in bogota, in the heart of siberia, in warsaw. 250,000 people on the streets on a sunday afternoon, singing, crying with tears running down their cheeks and shouting long live the United States. [applause] my fellow americans, i know tonight that we must resist the hate, remove the doubt, but above all, we must you worthy of be worthy of the love and trust of millions on this earth for whom america is the hope of the world. 100 years ago, Abraham Lincoln was asked during the dark days of the tragic war between the states, whether he thought god was on his side. His answer was, my concern is not whether god is on our side, but whether we are on gods side. [applause] there is a standing ovation. [cheers and applause] mr. Nixon my fellow americans, may that ever be our prayer for our country, and in that spirit, with faith in america, with faith in her ideals and in her people, i except your nomination for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] wonuncer senator kennedy leftlectoral vote, but nixon with less than 1 of the popular vote. Cspan is covered every minute of every Political Convention since 1984. Our Video Library includes those and many more hours of our conventions. As the Democratic NationalConvention Gets Underway this week, watch more of the Historical Convention speeches at cspan. Org campaign2020. Announcer former First Lady Michelle Obama and 2020 president ial candidate Bernie Sanders addressed the Democratic National convention on monday. Live coverage begins at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan, Live Streaming and ondemand at cspan. Org dnc, or listen with the free cspan radio app. Cspan, your unfiltered you will view of politics. 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