Lyndon Johnson actually said...

That growth means increased well-being for older people, widows and orphans everywhere in the Nation.

Letter to the Nation's First Social Security Beneficiary Informing Her of Increased Benefits.

09/05/1965

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THANK YOU so very much.

Tonight, the President of the United States is going on record as naming this session of Congress the greatest in American history.

I wish that all America could see it, and perhaps when we have another Congress we will salute it again.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby set aside Wednesday, October 20, 1965, as Nationa...