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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

I believe, I genuinely and sincerely believe, that every American boy and girl born under this flag has an unqualified right to all the education that he or she can make good use of, and a responsibility to get it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I want those who wish us well to know that America stands strong and stands steady, and stands firm, using its great power with great restraint.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I want any who may wish us ill to take notice this morning to understand that our beloved America cannot be divided by region, by religion, or by race.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

Idaho's potatoes are wonderful, but Idaho can produce greater treasures for America in the lives and in the minds of Idaho's sons and daughters

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

Education should be open to every boy and girl born in America up to the highest level they can take.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

Tonight, 40 million students are enrolled in our public schools in America; 5 million more students will enter by the end of this decade.

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

The Upper South is fast becoming one of the most exciting new industrial frontiers anywhere in America.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

For myself, I regard it as the mandate of all our experience that we insure the flourishing of science and technology in America -- as nowhere else on earth.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 2, 1964

The 1961 Act also called for greater use of America's vast private resources in the battle against world poverty.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 30, 1964

We can be grateful in America for the character and quality and the integrity of the men who uphold the tradition of our courts as Federal judges.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 28, 1964

I would have you know again that America's commitment to this alliance is real, firm, and substantial.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 27, 1964

Because I have always, and I will always, put the peace and security of America, the peace and security of my country, ahead of the interests of the Democratic Party.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 27, 1964

For so long as there has been an America, there have been times when factions have risen up in our land.

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