09/23/1964
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"Will Rogers once made a very wise observation. He said: 'We are a funny people. We elect our Presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, and then go home and start daring 'era to make good.'"
"We must begin to think about the future--about the year 2000--about the foundations we must put in place for a larger, more complex, more challenging America for our children and our children's childr..."
"Today our system, our society--and our Government, of which you are soon to be part--stand as the most successful in the history of man."
"In coming to Washington, as you are now, you are tracing steps I myself once walked-as a 27-year-old new Member of the House."