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We are not going to be satisfied until we have an opportunity for education of all of our children, and when our people have the equality of jobs and the equality of opportunity.

We have declared unconditional war on poverty.

I salute not only Mr. McDonald, Senator Clark, Senator Scott, Miss Genevieve Blatt, but all of your delegation and all of the civic-minded people of Pennsylvania.

The people of America are not asking for handouts.

The men frequently do the talking and the women do the working.

My father said to me, 'Lyndon, I don't know what will happen to you, but I will tell you right now I don't believe that you are smart enough to talk to a highway engineer.'

They want a fair chance to get ahead.

We are going to try to refuse to take 'no' for an answer and get in here and do something ourselves about it.

I wish I could look into every face and shake every hand.

We are not going to be satisfied in this country until we have a home for every family.

My hope and my aim in life is to keep that road open and to make it wide and make it smoother, and make it straighter for all Americans.

I don't want to be remembered as a 'can't do' man.

I am sure that all of you already understand my very strong conviction, to which Lady Bird has referred, that we must make more use of the talents of women in government if we expect to have better government.

And when I go back to Washington I am going to say to the leaders of that great Capital, that I wish they could come here to the heartland of America and see what the people are doing for themselves.

We are just not willing to accept the necessity of poverty.

We are not going to be satisfied until we have medical care for our aged.