01/28/1968
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"Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson,President of the United States of America, do, in conformity with that action, call on the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremon..."
"So I plead with every American to go and talk to your neighbors, because there are 1,300,000 of them that are going to miss the boat; there are 1,300,000 of them who should get their rights under the ..."
"You can now have self-respect and still provide for your medical bills and your medicine, your nursing care, and things of that kind."
"That is what Medicare is all about."