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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 16, 1966

As long as any American is denied the chance to fully develop and to use his talents, to become all that he can be, then every American is less than he should be.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

To help open the doors of opportunity to every American woman, I am today announcing the establishment of a new group on careers for Women.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

Every boy and girl born in this country under that flag has a right to all the education that he or she can take.

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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· Sep 1, 1964

I believe that we have a commitment to assure every American an opportunity to live in a decent home, in a safe and a decent neighborhood.

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

My fervent hope is that the United States of America, in meeting the needs of this decade, will also be peopled by 'men able to use their opportunities.'

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 4, 1963

There must be equality of opportunity for all modes and for all passengers and shippers, without any special preferences.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 27, 1963

It is not merely because of the Cold War, and not merely because of the economic waste of discrimination, that we are committed to achieving true equality of opportunity. The basic reason is because it is right.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 13, 1963

A child's opportunity and development are shaped first and most by the strength or weakness of his home and family situation.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

But if you hold my view that the United States as the great defender of freedom in the 1960's has to move ahead, has to provide opportunity for its people, has to develop in this country a strong and vigorous society which it cannot…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

And that is why we intend to work until a college education is available to every young man and woman with the talent to pursue it.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jan 24, 1956

I believe in the equality of opportunity for every citizen of the United States

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 26, 1955

We want to live a life that gives to each of us the utmost opportunity for spiritual, intellectual and material and economic development, for ourselves and for our children.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 22, 1955

Indeed, this word 'opportunity' seems to me to contain much that means happiness for the human--opportunity to expand and to be useful, to know that he is contributing his share to the advancement of that great society of which he is a…

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