| 00:00:01 | 1960 CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:00:03 | THE SPREAD OF COMMUNIST INFLUENCE UNTIL IT NOW FESTERS ONLY 90 MILES FROM THE COAST OF FLORIDA, THE HUMILIATING TREATMENT OF OUR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT BY THOSE WHO NO LONGER RESPECT OUR POWER, THE HUNGRY CHILDREN I SAW IN WEST VIRGINIA, THE OLD PEOPLE WHO CANNOT PAY THEIR DOCTORS' BILLS, THE FAMILIES FORCED TO GIVE UP THEIR FARMS, AND AMERICA WITH TOO MANY SLUMS, WITH TOO FEW SCHOOLS, AND TOO LATE TO THE MOON AND OUTER SPACE. |
| 00:00:32 | THESE ARE THE REAL ISSUES WHICH SHOULD DECIDE THIS CAMPAIGN. |
| 00:00:35 | AND THEY ARE NOT RELIGIOUS ISSUES. |
| 00:00:39 | FOR WAR AND HUNGER AND IGNORANCE AND DESPAIR KNOW NO RELIGIOUS BARRIER. |
| 00:00:45 | BUT BECAUSE I AM A CATHOLIC AND NO CATHOLIC HAS EVER BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT, THE REAL ISSUES IN THIS CAMPAIGN HAVE BEEN OBSCURED. |
| 00:00:54 | PERHAPS DELIBERATELY, IN SOME CORNERS, LESS RESPONSIBLE THAN THIS. |
| 00:00:59 | SO IT IS APPARENTLY NECESSARY FOR ME TO STATE ONCE AGAIN, NOT WHAT KIND OF CHURCH I BELIEVE IN. |
| 00:01:07 | FOR THAT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT ONLY TO ME, BUT WHAT KIND OF AMERICA I BELIEVE IN. |
| 00:01:13 | I BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS ABSOLUTE. |
| 00:01:20 | FOR NO CATHOLIC FELLOW WOULD TELL THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HE BE CATHOLIC HOW TO ACT AND NO PROTESTANT MINISTER WOULD TELL HIS PARISHIONERS FOR WHOM TO VOTE. |
| 00:01:32 | FOR NO CHURCH OR CHURCH SCHOOL IS GRANTED PUBLIC FUNDS OR POLITICAL PREFERENCE, AND WHERE NO MAN IS DENIED PUBLIC OFFICE MERELY BECAUSE HIS RELIGION DIFFERS FROM THE PRESIDENT WHOM MIGHT APPOINT HIM OR THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT ELECT HIM. |
| 00:01:47 | I BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA THAT IS OFFICIALLY NEITHER CATHOLIC, PROTESTANT, NOR JEWISH, WHERE NO PUBLIC OFFICIAL EITHER REQUESTS OR ACCEPTS INSTRUCTIONS ON PUBLIC POLICY FROM THE POPE, THE NATIONAL COUNSEL OF CHURCHES, OR ANY OTHER EK CLEESESOURCE. |
| 00:02:10 | NO BODY SEEKS TO IMPOSE ITS WILL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY UPON THE GENERAL POPULOUS OF THE ACTS OF THE OFFICIALS AND WHERE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS SO INDIVISIBLE THAT AN ACT AGAINST ONE CHURCH IS TREATED AS AN ACT AGAINST ALL. |
| 00:02:27 | FOR A WHILE THIS YEAR IT MAY BE A CATHOLIC AGAINST WHOM THE FINGER OF SUSPICION IS POINTED, IN OTHER YEARS IT HAS BEEN AND MAY SOME DAY BE AGAIN A JEW OR A QUAKER OR A UNITARIAN OR A BAPTIST. |
| 00:02:42 | IT WAS VIRGINIA'S HARASSMENT OF BAPTIST PREACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LED TO JEFFERSON'S STATUTE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. |
| 00:02:49 | TODAY I MAY BE THE VICTIM, BUT TOMORROW IT MAY BE YOU. |
| 00:02:54 | UNTIL THE WHOLE FABRIC OF OUR HARMONIOUS SOCIETY IS RIPPED APART AT A TIME OF GREAT NATIONAL PERIL, FINALLY, I BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE WILL SOME DAY END, WHERE ALL MEN AND ALL CHURCHES ARE TREATED AS EQUALS, FOR EVERY MAN HAS THE SAME RIGHT TO ATTEND OR NOT TO ATTEND THE CHURCH OF HIS CHOICE, FOR THERE IS NO CATHOLIC VOTE, NO ANTI-CATHOLIC VOTE, NO BLOC VOTING OF ANY KIND, AND WHEREAS CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS AND JEWS HAVE BOTH THE LAY AND THE PASTORAL LEVELS, WILL REFRAIN FROM THOSE ATTITUDES OF DIVISION WHICH HAVE SO OFTEN MARRED THEIR WORKS IN THE PAST AND PROMOTED INSTEAD THE AMERICAN IDEAL OF BROTHERHOOD. |
| 00:03:43 | THAT IS THE KIND OF AMERICA IN WHICH I BELIEVE, AND IT REPRESENTS THE KIND OF PRESIDENCY IN WHICH I BELIEVE. |
| 00:03:51 | A GREAT OFFICE THAT MUST BE NEITHER HUMBLED BY MAKING IT THE INSTRUMENT OF ANY RELIGIOUS GROUP NOR TARNISHED BY ASH TARLLY WITHHOLDING IT. |
| 00:04:06 | I BELIEVE IN A PRESIDENT WHOSE VIEWS ANDON RELIGION ARE THEIR OWN PRIVATE AFFAIR, NEITHER IMPOSED UPON HIM BY THE NATION OR IMPOSED BY THE NATION UPON HIM AS A CONDITION TO HOLD THAT OFFICE. |
| 00:04:27 | >> WELL, THAT'S HARD TO FOLLOW, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. |
| 00:04:30 | I'M GOING TO START WITH SANDY. |
| 00:04:33 | I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU. |
| 00:04:35 | WHEN COVERING THIS CAMPAIGN, I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU KNEW THERE WAS A CATHOLIC ISSUE THERE, WHEN DID YOU THINK, BOY, THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS IS |
Loading...