1965
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Address at the University College of Buffalo Commencement, Buffalo, New York
Around the world— from the straits of Magellan to the straits of Malacca, from the Nile Delta to the Amazon basin, in Jaipur and Johannesburg—
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Address at the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce, Utica, New York
Poverty leads to crime, to lowered general prosperity, to higher municipal costs and a lower tax base; and where it causes early school dropouts, broken families, and the shattering loss of hope itself, poverty is self-perpetuating and self-gene
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Address at the International Police Academy Commencement
Guns and bombs cannot build— cannot fill empty stomachs or educate children, cannot build homes or heal the sick. But these are the ends for which men establish and obey government; they will give their allegiance only to governments which meet these needs.
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Speech at the International Water Quality Symposium, Washington, D.C.
We must clean up the streams and lakes. In addition to obvious reasons of health and recreation for doing so, the fact is that this is the most economical way to get at significant sources of water. The Hudson River pours 20 billion gallons a day into the Atlantic, all of which is too polluted…
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Address, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
There is a new world about us— beset by hunger, energized by revolution, largely controlled by that half of the world’s people who are under the age of 25.
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Remarks at the Dedication of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Community Center, Weirton, West Virginia
We must help our needy at home— yet we must also know the plight of the needy beyond our shores.
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Remarks at the Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
We are finding that it is not enough to say that justice should be done—or even to pass laws commanding that justice be done. Laws and speeches do not build scho
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Senate Speech
We cannot protect only our friends from nuclear attack—or allow nations with whom we are otherwise friendly to threaten others with nuclear weapons. We must stand against nuclear aggression—period.
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Senate Speech
We were the first to discover and use the atom’s secrets; our nuclear capability is still the most powerful among the nations of the earth.
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Senate Speech
The need to halt the spread of nuclear weapons must be a central priority of American policy. Of all our major interests, this now deserves and demands the greatest effort.
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Senate Speech
If we are to leave our children a planet on which to live safely, to fulfill the bright promise of their lives, we must resume the journey towards peace.
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Speech at the Kings County Democratic Dinner
Parties are instruments of government. They are the vehicle by which the people achieve their aims. What good are elections, if the party they elect disintegrates when the time comes to fulfill campaign promises?
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