I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world.

If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.

We in America know that our own democratic institutions can be preserved and made to work.

I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

I see an America whose rivers and valleys and lakes hills and streams and plains the mountains over our land and nature's wealth deep under the earth are protected as the rightful heritage of all the people.