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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

War is obsolete because the progress in mankind's abilities and knowledge make possible and imperative a new measure of national greatness, the measurement of how men are served by their system.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

The question is not whether the world can eliminate war. The question is when--when all nations will have the courage and the good sense to do so.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

We don't have to speculate about the need or about the public demand, because when the first 460 acres were opened in 1962, 600,000 visitors were attracted to Sandy Hook, but 240,000 had to be turned away.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

This is a very heartening example of how the people can be served when their Federal Government and their State governments work together materially and responsibly.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

This generation of Americans has made an investment without parallel in history in the cause of keeping peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 11143 of March 2, 1964 (29 F.R. 3127), be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting '45 members' for '40 members' in…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 22, 1964

We shall give them-give them to the last full measure to make this world safe and to make our freedom secure.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 21, 1964

Nowhere is that admiration greater or more sincere, Mr. Prime Minister, than in the United States of America.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 21, 1964

It gives me great pleasure to ask my guests to join me in a toast to the continued close friendship between our countries, to the President of Turkey, and to success in our mutual determination to preserve world peace and justice.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 21, 1964

I hereby designate the Attorney General of the United States as the officer authorized to administer and give effect to the provisions of that Agreement.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 21, 1964

Freedom, as our forefathers conceived it, meant the liberation of the individual from oppression by his own government.

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