Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Presidency Richard Nixon 1960 Rep

In chicago. Richard nixon lost the general election to senator john f. Kennedy. [applause] more balloons have been released. Year for balloons. [applause] [balloons popping] that sound that you might possibly hear on your home receiver, Something Like a telegraph t in operation is caused by these bursting balloons. Thousands of them. This is nixon. The Vice President s wife and mother, two little girls. [applause] and describing a costume of a lady. Nixons dress is a bright green. Nbc asked mrs. Nixon to step out from the vip lounge long enough for him to ask her a few questions. She said she would like to, but her children are so excited, they are reluctant to leave. [applause] [applause] the demonstration may be a little hard to start because here on the podium is a man we have been hearing about for four days and this is the first time we have heard from him himself. [applause] [applause and cheers] have to give it another chance. What are you doing . I was watching on tv. Gavel. A huge the aisles are so narrow. There is one again. Ole ole. The delegates [crowd chanting] the delegates will take their places as quickly as they can. Quiet,you will just be you are going to have dick nixon. [applause and cheers] v. P. Nixon mr. Chairman. Delegates to 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 to [applause] v. P. Nixon 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 the trust which you have presented to me on this occasion in everything that i say, everything that i do, everything that i think in this campaign and afterwards. That i say also [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, ive had to look at 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 [applause] v. P. Nixon 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 just two weeks ago. [applause] v. P. Nixon and i congratulate chairman halleck, and chairman morton, 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 speeches,agnificent mr. Hoover with his great lesson for the American People. [applause] v. P. Nixon walter judd with one of the most outstanding keynote addresses in either party in history. [applause] v. P. Nixon and last night, our beloved, fighting president making the greatest speech that i have ever heard him make before this convention. [applause] v. P. Nixon your platform and its magnificent presentation by chuck percy, the chairman. [applause] v. P. Nixon for these and for so many other things, i want to congratulate you tonight and to thank you from the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of americans not just republicans americans everywhere, for making us proud of our country and of our twoparty system, for what you have done. [applause] v. P. Nixon and tonight, too, i particularly want to thank this convention for nominating as my running mate a world statesman of the first rank, my friend and colleague, Henry Cabot Lodge of massachusetts. [applause] v. P. Nixon in refreshing contrast to what happened in los angeles, you nominated a man who shares my views on the great issues and who will work with me and not against me in carrying out our magnificent platform. [applause] v. P. Nixon and may i say that during this week, we republicans, who feel our convictions strongly about our party and about our country, have had our differences, but as the speech by senator goldwater indicated yesterday [applause] and the eloquent and gracious remarks that my friend, nelson rockefeller, indicated tonight [applause] v. P. Nixon we republicans know that the differences that divide us are infinitesimal compared to the gulf between us and what the democrats would put upon us from what they did at los angeles at the convention two weeks ago. [applause] v. P. Nixon it was only eight years ago that i stood in this very place after you had nominated as our candidate for the president one of the great men of our century. And i say to you tonight that for generations to come, americans, regardless of party, will gratefully remember Dwight Eisenhower as the man who brought peace to america, as the man [applause] v. P. Nixon as the man under whose leadership america enjoyed the greatest progress and 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. [applause] v. P. Nixon 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 a 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 question is not for me, but for you to decide. Ask tonight [applause] v. P. Nixon i only ask that the thousands in this hall and the millions listening to me on television, i only ask that you make that decision in the most thoughtful way that 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 candidates, listen to my speeches and that of my opponent, and that of mr. Lodge, and that of his opponent. And then, after you have studied our records and listened to our speeches, decide. Decide on the basis of what we believe, which is best qualified to lead america and the free world in i would like to discuss, tonight, some of the great problems that will confront the next president and the policies i believe should be adopted to meet them. Cityears ago in the Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president of the 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 nations. Is freedom forw all mankind and the survival of civilization. The choice you make, each of you listening to me makes this november, can affect the answer to that question. What should your choice be and what is it . Let us examine what our opponents offered in los angeles. Irs was a newthe program, but it was the same old propositions a Political Party should be all things to all men and nothing more. [applause] they promised everything to everybody with one exception they did not promise to pay the bill. [cheering] i say tonight that with their conventions, their platform, and their ticket they have composed a symphony of political cynicism which is out of harmony with our times today. [applause] now, we come to the key question. What should our answer be . Some might say, why do as they do . That isise them because the only way to win. I want to tell you my answer. I happen to believe their program would be disaster for america. It would wreck our economy, our peoples hopes for a dash our peoples hopes for a better future. Whatever the consequences we will not try to out promise our opponents in this campaign. [cheering] we are not going to make promises we cannot, should not keep, and we are not going to try and buy the votes with their own money. [cheering] 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. The people know the facts and that is where we come in. I pledge to you tonight that will bring the facts home to the American People and we will do it with a campaign such as this country has never seen before. [cheering] i have been asked by the newsman sitting on my right and left, when is this Campaign Going to begin . The day after labor day or when other traditional starting date this is mdate . This is my answer. The Campaign Starts tonight and it goes on and on. [cheering] campaign will continue from now until november 8th without any let up and i have been asked by my friends in the press on either side they say, where are you going to concentrate . What state are you going to visit . This is my answer. In this campaign, we are going to take no states for granted and we are not going to concede any states to the opposition. [cheering] i announce to you tonight, and pledge to you, that i personally will carry this campaign into everyone of the 50 states of this nation between now and then. [applause] in this campaign i make a prediction. In 1956,t as in 1952 millions of democrats will join us, not because they are deserting their party, but because their party deserted them at los angeles two weeks ago. [cheering] i have suggested to you what our friends of the opposition offered to the American People. What do we offer . First, we are proud to offer the best eight year record of any administration in the history of this country. [applause] my fellow americans, that is not all and that is not enough because we happen to believe that a record is not something to stand on, but something to build on. 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 dream. The dreams of millions of people not only in america, but throughout the world, for a freer, richer life. Something of the goals of this better america toward which we will strive. In this america, our older citizens shall not only have adequate protection 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, rather than sitting on the sidelines. [applause] 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 financial circumstances, shall have the opportunity to develop his intellectual capabilities to the full. [applause] our wage earners shall enjoy increasingly higher wages and honest dollars with better protection against the hazards of unemployment and old age. 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. [cheering] farmers, to whose hard work and efficiency we owe the clothesare the best people in the world, the best fed people, they must and will receive what they do not have today and what they deserve a fair share of americas ever increasing prosperity. [cheering] things weish these will develop the uncapped withral resources which we are so fortunate to be blessed in this rich land of ours. 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 shop progress we cannot even dream of today we shall have progress we cannot even dream of today. In this decade of decision and progress we will witness the continued revitalization of americas moral and spiritual strength with the renewed strength in the ey eternal ideas of justice under god which are our priceless heritage as the people. [applause] you, as welly of as those in television mask, but dont our opponents favor goals like these . Yes, of course. All americans regardless of party want a better life for our people. What is the difference . 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 way theirs does not and we no are going to prove it this campaign. [cheering] we produced on the promises they make. We succeed where they fail. Do you know why . Because we put, as governor rockefeller said, we put our primary reliance not upon government, but upon people for progress in america. That is why we will succeed. [applause] we must never forget that the strength of america is not in its government, but its people. We say tonight there is no limit to the goals america can reach provided we stay true to the american tradition. But thement has a role, role of government is not to take responsibility from people, but to put responsibility on them. It is not to dictate the people, but encourage and stimulate the creative productivity of 180 million free americans. That is the way to progress in america. [applause] in other words, we have faith in the people and because our programs are based on that faith we shall succeed where our opponents will fail in building the better america i described. If these goals are going 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. Tomust have the courage stand against the pressures of the few for the good of the many, and the vision to press forward on all progress for the better life our people want. I have spoken to you of the responsibilities of our next president at home. Those that he will face abroad will be infinitely greater. 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, blame the sabotage of the paris conference. We heard the United States blamed for communist led mobs in tokyo. We heard American Education and scientists are inferior. We heard American Military is a second rate country. Prestige is ata an alltime low. This is my answer. I say that at a time when communists are running abroad it is time to speak up for america at home. [cheering] my friends, let us recognize america has its weaknesses and constructive criticism of those weaknesses is essential, essential so we can correct our weaknesses in the best traditions of our democratic process. That violetecognize is dangerous to see nothing wrong in america while it is dangerous to see nothing wrong in america, it is also dangerous not to recognize what is great about america. [applause] tonight i say to you no criticism should be allowed to obscure the truth, at home or abroad, that today america is the strongest nation militarily, economically, and ideologically in the world and we have the will and the stamina and the resources to maintain that strength in the years ahead. [cheering] if we may turn to the future, we must recognize that the Foreign Policy problems will be different and they will be vastly more difficult than those of the 1950s of which we have just passed. We are in a race for survival in which our lives, our fortunes, our 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 whether we 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 secondbest in anything. [cheering] let us look at specifics. Militarily, the security of the United States must be put before all other considerations. Why . Not only because this is necessary to deter aggressions, but we must make sure that we are never in a position at the conference table where mr. Khrushchev is able to course an american president because of his strength in our weakness. [applause] diplomatically, let us look at the problem. Our next president must be firm, firm on principle, but he must never be belligerent. He must never engage in a war of words which might heat up the International Climate to the uniting point of nuclear catastrophe. But while he must never answer insult in kind, he must leave no doubt at any time that whether it is in berlin or cuba or anywhere else in the world, america will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody, any place. [cheering] because we have already paid a terrible price with lids and resources to learn lives and resources that appeasement will not enter the war. It will take great leadership to get us through these years. Mr. Kennedy suggested that what the world needs is young leadership. Understandably, this has great appeal. It is true. True that youth brings boldness and imagination and drive and we need all those things, but i think people will agree with me when i say president de gaulle, Prime Minister mcmillan, chancellor at adnar are not young men. But we have their wisdom and encouragement on our side and the struggle for freedom today. [applause] i might suggest that as we consider the merits of youth and age it is only fair to point out that it was not mr. De gaulle or mr. Mcmillan, but mr. Kennedy, who made the impulsive suggestion that president eisenhowers are could have apologized or sent apologies to mr. Khrushchev. [booing] be the problems confronting the next president. Far more difficult and critical will be the decisions he must make to defeat the enemies of freedom in an entirely different kind of struggle. You ofto speak to another kind of aggression. War where thehout aggressor comes not as a conqueror, but as a champion of peace, of freedom, offering progress in plenty and hope to the unfortunate of the earth. I say tonight that is a major problem. The biggest problem confronting the next president of the United States be to inform the people of the character of this kind of progression. 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 freedom for all men and when it without a war. That is the great act of the next president of the Something Like<\/a> a telegraph t in operation is caused by these bursting balloons. Thousands of them. This is nixon. The Vice President<\/a> s wife and mother, two little girls. [applause] and describing a costume of a lady. Nixons dress is a bright green. Nbc asked mrs. Nixon to step out from the vip lounge long enough for him to ask her a few questions. She said she would like to, but her children are so excited, they are reluctant to leave. [applause] [applause] the demonstration may be a little hard to start because here on the podium is a man we have been hearing about for four days and this is the first time we have heard from him himself. [applause] [applause and cheers] have to give it another chance. What are you doing . I was watching on tv. Gavel. A huge the aisles are so narrow. There is one again. Ole ole. The delegates [crowd chanting] the delegates will take their places as quickly as they can. Quiet,you will just be you are going to have dick nixon. [applause and cheers] v. P. Nixon mr. Chairman. Delegates to 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 to [applause] v. P. Nixon 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 the trust which you have presented to me on this occasion in everything that i say, everything that i do, everything that i think in this campaign and afterwards. That i say also [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, ive had to look at 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 [applause] v. P. Nixon 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 just two weeks ago. [applause] v. P. Nixon and i congratulate chairman halleck, and chairman morton, 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 speeches,agnificent mr. Hoover with his great lesson for the American People<\/a>. [applause] v. P. Nixon walter judd with one of the most outstanding keynote addresses in either party in history. [applause] v. P. Nixon and last night, our beloved, fighting president making the greatest speech that i have ever heard him make before this convention. [applause] v. P. Nixon your platform and its magnificent presentation by chuck percy, the chairman. [applause] v. P. Nixon for these and for so many other things, i want to congratulate you tonight and to thank you from the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of americans not just republicans americans everywhere, for making us proud of our country and of our twoparty system, for what you have done. [applause] v. P. Nixon and tonight, too, i particularly want to thank this convention for nominating as my running mate a world statesman of the first rank, my friend and colleague, Henry Cabot Lodge<\/a> of massachusetts. [applause] v. P. Nixon in refreshing contrast to what happened in los angeles, you nominated a man who shares my views on the great issues and who will work with me and not against me in carrying out our magnificent platform. [applause] v. P. Nixon and may i say that during this week, we republicans, who feel our convictions strongly about our party and about our country, have had our differences, but as the speech by senator goldwater indicated yesterday [applause] and the eloquent and gracious remarks that my friend, nelson rockefeller, indicated tonight [applause] v. P. Nixon we republicans know that the differences that divide us are infinitesimal compared to the gulf between us and what the democrats would put upon us from what they did at los angeles at the convention two weeks ago. [applause] v. P. Nixon it was only eight years ago that i stood in this very place after you had nominated as our candidate for the president one of the great men of our century. And i say to you tonight that for generations to come, americans, regardless of party, will gratefully remember Dwight Eisenhower<\/a> as the man who brought peace to america, as the man [applause] v. P. Nixon as the man under whose leadership america enjoyed the greatest progress and 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. [applause] v. P. Nixon my fellow americans, i know now that you will understand what i next say, because the next president of the United States<\/a> 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 a 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 question is not for me, but for you to decide. Ask tonight [applause] v. P. Nixon i only ask that the thousands in this hall and the millions listening to me on television, i only ask that you make that decision in the most thoughtful way that 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 candidates, listen to my speeches and that of my opponent, and that of mr. Lodge, and that of his opponent. And then, after you have studied our records and listened to our speeches, decide. Decide on the basis of what we believe, which is best qualified to lead america and the free world in i would like to discuss, tonight, some of the great problems that will confront the next president and the policies i believe should be adopted to meet them. Cityears ago in the Abraham Lincoln<\/a> was nominated for president of the United States<\/a>. 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 nations. Is freedom forw all mankind and the survival of civilization. The choice you make, each of you listening to me makes this november, can affect the answer to that question. What should your choice be and what is it . Let us examine what our opponents offered in los angeles. Irs was a newthe program, but it was the same old propositions a Political Party<\/a> should be all things to all men and nothing more. [applause] they promised everything to everybody with one exception they did not promise to pay the bill. [cheering] i say tonight that with their conventions, their platform, and their ticket they have composed a symphony of political cynicism which is out of harmony with our times today. [applause] now, we come to the key question. What should our answer be . Some might say, why do as they do . That isise them because the only way to win. I want to tell you my answer. I happen to believe their program would be disaster for america. It would wreck our economy, our peoples hopes for a dash our peoples hopes for a better future. Whatever the consequences we will not try to out promise our opponents in this campaign. [cheering] we are not going to make promises we cannot, should not keep, and we are not going to try and buy the votes with their own money. [cheering] 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<\/a>. The people know the facts and that is where we come in. I pledge to you tonight that will bring the facts home to the American People<\/a> and we will do it with a campaign such as this country has never seen before. [cheering] i have been asked by the newsman sitting on my right and left, when is this Campaign Going<\/a> to begin . The day after labor day or when other traditional starting date this is mdate . This is my answer. The Campaign Starts<\/a> tonight and it goes on and on. [cheering] campaign will continue from now until november 8th without any let up and i have been asked by my friends in the press on either side they say, where are you going to concentrate . What state are you going to visit . This is my answer. In this campaign, we are going to take no states for granted and we are not going to concede any states to the opposition. [cheering] i announce to you tonight, and pledge to you, that i personally will carry this campaign into everyone of the 50 states of this nation between now and then. [applause] in this campaign i make a prediction. In 1956,t as in 1952 millions of democrats will join us, not because they are deserting their party, but because their party deserted them at los angeles two weeks ago. [cheering] i have suggested to you what our friends of the opposition offered to the American People<\/a>. What do we offer . First, we are proud to offer the best eight year record of any administration in the history of this country. [applause] my fellow americans, that is not all and that is not enough because we happen to believe that a record is not something to stand on, but something to build on. 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 dream. The dreams of millions of people not only in america, but throughout the world, for a freer, richer life. Something of the goals of this better america toward which we will strive. In this america, our older citizens shall not only have adequate protection 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, rather than sitting on the sidelines. [applause] in this better america, Young Americans<\/a> shall not only have the best basic education in america, but every boy and girl of ability, regardless of financial circumstances, shall have the opportunity to develop his intellectual capabilities to the full. [applause] our wage earners shall enjoy increasingly higher wages and honest dollars with better protection against the hazards of unemployment and old age. 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. [cheering] farmers, to whose hard work and efficiency we owe the clothesare the best people in the world, the best fed people, they must and will receive what they do not have today and what they deserve a fair share of americas ever increasing prosperity. [cheering] things weish these will develop the uncapped withral resources which we are so fortunate to be blessed in this rich land of ours. 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 shop progress we cannot even dream of today we shall have progress we cannot even dream of today. In this decade of decision and progress we will witness the continued revitalization of americas moral and spiritual strength with the renewed strength in the ey eternal ideas of justice under god which are our priceless heritage as the people. [applause] you, as welly of as those in television mask, but dont our opponents favor goals like these . Yes, of course. All americans regardless of party want a better life for our people. What is the difference . 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 way theirs does not and we no are going to prove it this campaign. [cheering] we produced on the promises they make. We succeed where they fail. Do you know why . Because we put, as governor rockefeller said, we put our primary reliance not upon government, but upon people for progress in america. That is why we will succeed. [applause] we must never forget that the strength of america is not in its government, but its people. We say tonight there is no limit to the goals america can reach provided we stay true to the american tradition. But thement has a role, role of government is not to take responsibility from people, but to put responsibility on them. It is not to dictate the people, but encourage and stimulate the creative productivity of 180 million free americans. That is the way to progress in america. [applause] in other words, we have faith in the people and because our programs are based on that faith we shall succeed where our opponents will fail in building the better america i described. If these goals are going to be reached, the next president of the United States<\/a> must have the wisdom to choose between the things government should and should not do. Tomust have the courage stand against the pressures of the few for the good of the many, and the vision to press forward on all progress for the better life our people want. I have spoken to you of the responsibilities of our next president at home. Those that he will face abroad will be infinitely greater. 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<\/a>, our government, blame the sabotage of the paris conference. We heard the United States<\/a> blamed for communist led mobs in tokyo. We heard American Education<\/a> and scientists are inferior. We heard American Military<\/a> is a second rate country. Prestige is ata an alltime low. This is my answer. I say that at a time when communists are running abroad it is time to speak up for america at home. [cheering] my friends, let us recognize america has its weaknesses and constructive criticism of those weaknesses is essential, essential so we can correct our weaknesses in the best traditions of our democratic process. That violetecognize is dangerous to see nothing wrong in america while it is dangerous to see nothing wrong in america, it is also dangerous not to recognize what is great about america. [applause] tonight i say to you no criticism should be allowed to obscure the truth, at home or abroad, that today america is the strongest nation militarily, economically, and ideologically in the world and we have the will and the stamina and the resources to maintain that strength in the years ahead. [cheering] if we may turn to the future, we must recognize that the Foreign Policy<\/a> problems will be different and they will be vastly more difficult than those of the 1950s of which we have just passed. We are in a race for survival in which our lives, our fortunes, our 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 whether we lose this race. What must we do . These things i believe. He must resolve, first and above all, that the United States<\/a> must never settle for secondbest in anything. [cheering] let us look at specifics. Militarily, the security of the United States<\/a> must be put before all other considerations. Why . Not only because this is necessary to deter aggressions, but we must make sure that we are never in a position at the conference table where mr. Khrushchev is able to course an american president because of his strength in our weakness. [applause] diplomatically, let us look at the problem. Our next president must be firm, firm on principle, but he must never be belligerent. He must never engage in a war of words which might heat up the International Climate<\/a> to the uniting point of nuclear catastrophe. But while he must never answer insult in kind, he must leave no doubt at any time that whether it is in berlin or cuba or anywhere else in the world, america will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody, any place. [cheering] because we have already paid a terrible price with lids and resources to learn lives and resources that appeasement will not enter the war. It will take great leadership to get us through these years. Mr. Kennedy suggested that what the world needs is young leadership. Understandably, this has great appeal. It is true. True that youth brings boldness and imagination and drive and we need all those things, but i think people will agree with me when i say president de gaulle, Prime Minister<\/a> mcmillan, chancellor at adnar are not young men. But we have their wisdom and encouragement on our side and the struggle for freedom today. [applause] i might suggest that as we consider the merits of youth and age it is only fair to point out that it was not mr. De gaulle or mr. Mcmillan, but mr. Kennedy, who made the impulsive suggestion that president eisenhowers are could have apologized or sent apologies to mr. Khrushchev. [booing] be the problems confronting the next president. Far more difficult and critical will be the decisions he must make to defeat the enemies of freedom in an entirely different kind of struggle. You ofto speak to another kind of aggression. War where thehout aggressor comes not as a conqueror, but as a champion of peace, of freedom, offering progress in plenty and hope to the unfortunate of the earth. I say tonight that is a major problem. The biggest problem confronting the next president of the United States<\/a> be to inform the people of the character of this kind of progression. 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 freedom for all men and when it without a war. That is the great act of the next president of the United States<\/a>. [cheering] this will be a difficult task. Difficult because our next president must tell the people not what they want to hear, but what they need to hear. Why, for example, it might be just as essential to the National Interest<\/a> to build a dam in india as in california. Wel be difficult to americans have always been able to see and understand the dangers presented by missiles and airplanes and bombs but we found it hard to recognize the even more deadly danger of the propaganda that works the mind. Destroys the that will of the people to resist. May i say tonight the fact that this threat is, as i believe it to be, the greatest danger we have ever confronted this is no reason for a lack of confidence in the outcome. Do you know why . Themee there is one great that runs through our history as a nation. Americans are always at their best when the challenge is greater. [cheering] i say tonight that we americans shall rise to our greatest height in the decade of the 1960s as we mouth the offensive to meet those forces which threaten peace and the right to free men everywhere. But there are things we can do and things we must do. I would like to list them for you tonight. First, we must take necessary steps which will assure the American Economy<\/a> grows at a maximum rate so that we can maintain our present lead over the communist bloc. How do we do this . There is no magic formula by which government in a free nation can 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 creative enterprise for millions of individual americans. [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 to increase productivity, at a time when they are turning our way i say we must, and we will, not make the mistake of turning their way. [cheering] there is another step we must take. Our government activity must be reorganized. We organized to take the initiative from the communists and carry out a worldwide strategy, and offensive for peace and freedom. The complex of agencies which have grown up for the years, in exchange for information, assistance, loans and grants, these must be welded together into one powerful economic and ideological Striking Force<\/a> under the direct supervision and leader of the president of the United States<\/a>. [applause] do his wage battles for peace and freedom with the same unified direction and dedication with which we wage battles in war. If these activities are to succeed, we must develop a better Training Program<\/a> for the men and women who represent our country at home and abroad. What we need are men with Broad Knowledge<\/a> of the ink just sees and techniques intricacies and techniques of communism. All, men with zeal and dedication which the communists cannot match. Outthink, andork, outlast the enemies of freedom anywhere they meet them in the world. These are the kind of men we must train. [cheering] we must recognize something else. Government cannot do this job alone. The most effective proponents of freedom are not government, but free people. This means every american, everyone of you listening tonight, who worked or traveled abroad must represent his country at its best in everything he does. [applause] the United States<\/a>, the United States<\/a> they get as it is big as it is cannot do this alone. The other nations have is greatest take and freedom as we have. They must mobilize in this to the extent they are able. Do you know what is most important . Recognize themust greatest economic strength we could imagine, the finest of government organizations, all this will fail if we are not united and inspired by a great idea. An idea which will be a battle hearts,in the minds, 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 the contained communism, to defend the free world against communism, to hold the lines against communism. The only answer to a strategy of victory for the communist world is a strategy of victory for the free world. [cheering] let the victory we seek be not victory over any other nation or any other peoples. Let it be the victory of freedom over tyranny, of plenty over hunger, of health over disease and every country of the world. When mr. Khrushchev says our grandchildren will live under communism let us say, his grandchildren will live in freedom. [cheering] [applause] when mr. Khrushchev says the monro doctrine is dead in the americans, we say the doctrine of freedom apprise applies everywhere in the world. And, i say tonight, let us welcome mr. Khrushchevs challenge to the peaceful competition of our system and let us reply and compete in the component communist world as well as the free world, because communist dictators must not must not be allowed the privileged sanctuary to launched their privilege attacks on the senates on the on freedom. Say further, extend this competition, extend it to include not only food and factories that he suggested, but the greatto include spiritual and moral values which characterize our civilization. [applause] further, let us welcome, my friends, the challenge. , orto be disconcerted by it failed to meet it, a challenge represented with a revolution for peaceful aspirations in south america, asia, and africa. We cannot fail in this mission, we cannot fail to assist them in finding a way to progress with will beso that they faced with a terrible alternative of turning to communism with its promise of progress at the cost of freedom. Let us make it clear to them that our aim in helping them is not merely to stop communism, but in the Great American<\/a> 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, and this means that our primary aim must be not to help help people,but to to help people obtain the life they deserve. [applause] in essence, what i am saying theght, that our answer to threat of the communist revolution is renewed devotion to the great ideals of the american revolution. The emancipation of the world and it still lives in the minds and hearts of people everywhere. I could tell you tonight that all you need to do to bring all of these things about that i described is to elect the right man as president of this country and leave these tasks to him, but my fellow americans, america demands more than that of me and you. ,hen i visited the soviet union and every factory there was a sign that read work for the victory of communism. And what America Needs<\/a> today is not just the president , not just a few leaders, but millions of americans working for the victory of freedom. America [applause] each american must make a personal and total commitment to the cause of freedom and all that it stands for. It needs wage earners and employers making an extra effort to increase the productivity, it means students in schools striving for excellence rather than adjusting to mediocrity. [applause] it means encouraging our scientists to explore the unknown, not just for what we can get, but for what we can means that on the part of each american, assuming personal responsibility to make this country which we love a proud example of freedom for all of the world. Each of us doing our parts and ending the prejudice that 100 years after lincoln, to our shame, still embarrasses us a broad and saps our strength at home. Each of us participating in this and other political campaigns, not just by voting, but working for the candidate of your choice. And it means, my fellow but nots, sacrifice, the grim sacrifice of desperation, but the rewarding sacrifice of choice, which lifts us out of the life that we live in gives us the supreme satisfaction which comes from working together in a cause greater than ourselves, greater than our nation, as grade as the whole world its great as a whole world itself. [applause] what i propose tonight is not ,ew, it is as old as america and as young as america because america will never grow old. [applause] you will remember, listen, Thomas Jefferson<\/a> said we act not for ourselves alone, but the whole human race. Lincoln said in giving freedom to the slaves we ensure freedom to the free, we shall nobly help on lose the best earth. Teddy roosevelt said our first duty as citizens to the united to the uniteds states, but if we are to extra to our principles we must serve mankind at large. Aoodrow wilson said, patriotic american is never so proud of the flag under which he lives as when it comes to mean to others as well as to himself a symbol of hope and liberty, today that ae say, Young America<\/a> shall fulfill her destiny by helping build a new world where men can live together in peace, justice, and freedom with each other. [applause] but, there is a difference, today, an exciting difference, and the difference is because of the dramatic breakthroughs in science. For the first time in human history, we have the resources to wage a winning a war against poverty, misery, and disease wherever it exists in the world. President of next the United States<\/a>, will rest the responsibility to inspire and to lead the forces of freedom towards its goal. I am sure now that you understand why i said at the beginning that it would be difficult for any man to say that he was qualified to provide this kind of leadership. Tonight, to you, that i believe in the american dream, because i have seen it come true in my own life. I [applause] i know something of the threat that confronts it, and of the efforts that will be needed to meet its. America,en hate for not only in the kremlin, in the eyes of communists in our own country, and on the ugly face of a mob in caracas. I have heard doubts about america, expressed not just by communists, but by sincere students and labor leaders in other countries searching for the way to a better life and wondering if we had lost the way. And, i have seen love for america in countries throughout the world. Jakarta, bogota, in the heart of siberia, warsaw. Streets onple on the a sunday afternoon singing, crying, with tears running down long cheeks and shouting live the United States<\/a>. [applause] my fellow americans, i know tonight that we must resist the ,ate, we must remove the doubts and, above all, we must be worthy of the love and the trust of millions on this earth, for whom america is the hope of the world. , Abraham Lincoln<\/a> was asked during the dark days of the tragic war between the states whether he thought god was on his side. My concern iss, side,ether god is on our but whether we are on gods side. [applause] [cheering] there is a standing ovation. [applause] my fellow mr. Nixon my fellow americans, let that ever be the future of our country. Faith in spirit, america, ideals, and her people, i accept your nomination for president of the United States<\/a>. [cheering] [applause] [captions Copyright National<\/a> cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next week, it is the republicans turn starting monday, and for four days republican Natural National<\/a> platform. Air there watch Vice President<\/a> pence and President Trump<\/a> accept the nomination. 9 00 a. M. Monday at eastern as delegates officially nominate President Trump<\/a> and Vice President<\/a> pence. Eastern, the evening session kicks off. Live streaming and ondemand at cspan. Org or listen with the free eight radio app. Session, watch cspan for past speeches by prominent republican speakers. Former secretary of state colin powell, and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. Watch past speeches and the start of the Republican National<\/a> convention monday on cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Watching American History<\/a> tv all weekend and every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation join us like us on facebook at cspan history. We continue our look back at president ial conventions. Up next, senator Barry Goldwater<\/a> except his partys nomination at the 1964 Republican National<\/a> convention. He lost to president Lyndon Johnson<\/a> in the general election. 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