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

The head of any department or agency of the Government (hereinafter referred to as a Secretary), designated by the Director after appropriate consultation, may establish a unit of the Executive Reserve (hereinafter referred to as Executive…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

I feel very pleased that these men have indicated their willingness to make a sacrifice to lend their peculiar and unusual talents to the direction of this great adventure between Government and free enterprise.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

If I have any influence with the Post Office Department, and I think that I may, we will issue the stamp.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1964

Our success is not the success of Government alone, or labor alone, or business alone.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 31, 1964

Only one Presidential Service Certificate will be awarded to an individual during an administration.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Apr 17, 1963

There shall be at the head of the said Office the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations provided for in Section 241 of the Act.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Apr 9, 1963

Any person so appointed shall, upon completion of the prescribed probationary period, acquire a competitive status.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Apr 3, 1963

This bill is designed to reaffirm, at the seat of our National Government, our basic American belief that government should be responsible to the governed.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 24, 1963

The mere enactment of a new law, the mere initiation of a new program does not of itself bring about all desired results.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 22, 1963

This administration intends to press ahead with Government economy, but we also have to find in the private economy jobs for these people who are willing.

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