CSPAN3 Senator Kennedy 1960 Acceptance Speech July 24, 2016
[cheering] governor stevenson, senator johnson, mr. Butler, senator symington, senator humphrey, speaker rayburn, fellow democrats, i want to express my thanks to governor stevenson for his generous and heartwarming introduction. [cheering] it was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 democratic convention, and i am delighted to have his support and his counsel and his advice in the coming months ahead. [cheering] let me say first that i accept the nomination of the Democratic Party. [cheering] i accept it without reservation and with only one obligation, the obligation to...