Everything I want to work for, as your President, to achieve peace, to conquer poverty, to build a worthy civilization--all of these depend in a very large degree on what happens in this school and what happens in other schools throughout our land.
Lyndon Johnson: “Everything I want to work for, as your President, to achieve peace, to conquer poverty, to build a worthy…”
On the recordNovember 6, 1966
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Remarks at the Welhausen Elementary School, Cotulla, Texas
Share
More from Lyndon Johnson
Jul 4, 1968
This program, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, constitutes one of the largest and most complex scientific and technological undertakings ever attempted as an international effort.
Jul 2, 1968
It is the living and the eternal theme of the United States of America--a Nation that has been made great by an infusion and mingling of all the cultures of the world.
Jan 19, 1969
Nothing herein shall prevent the movement of livestock across the lands included in this monument under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and upon driveways to be specifically designated by said…





