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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1966

I have stated it from many stumps in my country and in many broadcasts in my country: We want peace.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1966

If any man in this room has a formula for peace, I hope he will offer it to us.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 16, 1966

As for the other prediction, let me remind you that the leaders who will sit down together in Manila have already signed a petition for peace.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 16, 1966

It will give us a firm grasp of the realities that we face in resisting aggression; the problems we face in seeking peace and in rebuilding Vietnam.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 13, 1966

We know that ideas, not armaments, will shape our lasting prospects for peace.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· May 29, 1966

In Vietnam the United States is committed to a decent and a limited purpose: to defeat aggression and to let the people of Vietnam decide in peace their own political future.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· May 11, 1966

And once again we will not only have a peace-loving people that seek no territory, that seek no domination, but we will have a peaceful 50 States that are prosperous as they have never been before.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 28, 1966

During their discussions, President Johnson and Prime Minister Gandhi reviewed recent developments in south and southeast Asia in the context of the universal desire of men and women everywhere to achieve peace.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

It is that we cannot turn from the place of shared needs and expect either peace or progress to follow us.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

We seek only one real monument, a monument with peace and progress for its base and justice for its pinnacle.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 14, 1966

I believe that many of the world's nations have since learned the final futility of war.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 14, 1966

How joyous it would be if these great resources could he put, instead, to the service of peace.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 14, 1966

Our purpose is to demonstrate to the remaining advocates of violence that there is more human profit to be had from peace than there is from war.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 14, 1966

It is my greatest wish to someday stand here and sign another bill, one that is designed to bring progress and fulfillment to a Southeast Asia which is at peace with itself and also at peace with the rest of the world.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

But let them not suppose that our desire for peace springs either from weakness or from hesitation.

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