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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 9, 1964

I want now to challenge you--to challenge you to develop and apply that quality of excellence which is within you.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 9, 1964

I am very proud to welcome you to the White House as the first 'Presidential Scholars.'

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 9, 1964

No nation can stand idly by while millions suffer and die from afflictions which we have the power to prevent.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 9, 1964

I am so proud to be here where Ken O'Donnell's father won so many victories every fall.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 8, 1964

Denmark is an old country, but her people and her leadership live in the future and not in the past.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 8, 1964

On the world stage, Denmark and the United States stand together as allies in NATO, and we work together in common dedication to the cause of peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 8, 1964

I was also greatly impressed with our own Ambassador to Denmark at that time, Ambassador and Mrs. William Blair.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 8, 1964

Mrs. Johnson and I are honored tonight to welcome to this house as good friends of America two good friends of ours--the Prime Minister and Mrs. Krag of Denmark.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1964

Lady Bird and I send you, Bill and Diana, Henry and Jessica, our love and our prayers in your time of grief.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1964

I am proud of Philadelphia--not just because you are the fourth largest city in America.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1964

He viewed the world with tolerant eyes and his wit and humor always salvaged a time of crisis and made it endurable.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1964

So as you leave this campus today, I want to remind you of another admonition President Wilson gave to the Swarthmore class of an earlier generation: 'Do not forget, then, as you walk these classic places, why you are here.'

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1964

In all areas of public and private enterprise we must understand that important ideas cannot be fashioned on an assembly line.

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