US Presidency
1964

I am determined in all the time that is mine to use all the talents that I have for bringing this great, lovable land, this great Nation of ours, together together in greater unity in pursuit of this common purpose. I truly believe that we someday will see an America that knows no North or South, no East or West- an America that is undivided by creed or color, and untorn by suspicion or strife. The Founding Fathers dreamed America before it was. The pioneers dreamed of great cities on the wilderness that they crossed. Our tomorrow is on its way. It can be a shape of darkness or it can be a thing of beauty. The choice is ours, it is yours, for it will be the dream that we dare to dream. I know what kind of a dream Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. And I think that I know what kind of a dream you want to dream.