"The dedication of America to our traditions as an asylum for the oppressed is going to be upheld."
"There is no excuse for communities to use other people's rivers as a dump for their raw sewage."
"Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby extend through the year 1966 the period during which all persons are specially invited to see the United Stat..."
"I am pleased with this opportunity for the United States to participate with Japan in the joint solution of health problems which will have worldwide benefits."
"There is no excuse for a river flowing red with blood from slaughterhouses."
"Today, we begin to be masters of our environment."
"I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby extend through the year 1966 the period during which all persons are specially invited to see the United States, visit our hi..."
"Today, we proclaim our refusal to be strangled by the wastes of civilization."
"I believe that with your help and your continued cooperation, water pollution is doomed in this century."
"But we must act, and act swiftly."
"The ultimate victory of reclaiming this portion of our national heritage really rests in the hands of all the people of America, not just the Government here in Washington."
"No one has a right to use America's rivers and America's waterways that belong to all the people as a sewer."
"With the signing of the Water Quality Act of 1965 this morning, I pledge you that we are going to reopen the Potomac for swimming by 1975."
"This sort of carelessness and selfishness simply ought to be stopped; and more, it just must be reversed."
"The long period of large United States deficits has come to an end."
"Increasing educational opportunity is only one of the ways that we human beings must meet the pressing demands of the times."
"I want to be very clear about this, because we must, in our own interest and in the interest of those who rely on the dollar as a reserve currency, maintain our payments in equilibrium."
"The job of building sound and effective institutions for financing world trade is never finished."
