Sep 21, 1966
Our American Revolution is still going on and is still going to be going on, because we are still going to be changing.
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Sep 21, 1966
In recognition of our debt to Columbus, the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved April 30, 1934, requested the President to proclaim October 12 of each year as Columbus Day for the observance of the anniversary of…
Sep 21, 1966
It does not ask: 'Where were you born?' But rather it does ask: 'What skills can you perform?'''
Sep 21, 1966
This is what I believe and this is what I remind you of: this echo of 1776, as I meet here with you in the Cabinet Room today to sign this proclamation.
Sep 21, 1966
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 11, 1966, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the…
Sep 21, 1966
New shores of promise await those who, like Columbus, push on undaunted by the failures of the past or fear of the uncharted future.
Sep 21, 1966
Today we think of Christopher Columbus--a son of Italy--as the first immigrant: the first in that long procession of strangers who, over the centuries, have come to enrich our lives, our statesmanship, and our culture here in America.
Sep 21, 1966
This is what our great President Franklin Roosevelt was thinking about one day in April when he addressed the Daughters of the American Revolution by saluting them as 'My fellow immigrants.'
Sep 21, 1966
I would like to call the name of each of you, because you mean that much to me and you have made great contributions.
Sep 21, 1966
Today we think of Columbus Day as a time for honoring not only that great explorer, but also all of those Italians whose gifts have been freely given to make this Nation great.
Sep 21, 1966
It has demonstrated the desire of the people in the United States to end discrimination and to end it in every corner of our national life.
Sep 21, 1966
I am considering several different people for the Attorney Generalship.
Sep 21, 1966
I don't want to pick out any individual paper, but I have observed it can be in error sometime.
Sep 21, 1966
Thus we honor Columbus not only as a voyager but also as a symbol of the long tradition of Italian enlightenment.
Sep 21, 1966
It does not ask: 'Where were you born?' But rather it does ask: 'What skills can you perform?'
Sep 21, 1966
In the past year, I am very proud that by all of us working together we have made it much easier for people of such ability to come here to the United States.
Sep 21, 1966
So in its short life, this Immigration Act of 1965 has brought happiness to many homes, has reunited many families that have been kept apart very cruelly for a good many years.
Sep 20, 1966
The bill I am signing here in the Cabinet Room this morning--H.R. 14026--I hope will help to correct these conditions.
Sep 20, 1966
I think we are now working on the plans and proposals that are being formulated.
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