Mar 20, 1968
We are going on now to build upon that partnership, build a stronger and a more efficient international monetary system.
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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Mar 20, 1968
He did not crack the will of the citizens of the Hang Xang District in Saigon, who fought the Vietcong with sticks, or the nurses near Baria, who hid a Korean medical team while the enemy occupied their hospital for more than 30 hours.
Mar 20, 1968
Their will did not, as expected, break under the fire. Neither shall ours break under frustration.
Mar 19, 1968
The United States tonight stands eager and ready to encourage such developments as are contained in your administration's motto throughout Latin America.
Mar 19, 1968
We are proud to be partners in this effort that is being made in this hemisphere for these peoples.
Mar 19, 1968
The National Science Foundation also continues to increase its support of social science research.
Mar 19, 1968
We must be prepared to take full advantage of these and other opportunities now unfolding in foreign commerce.
Mar 19, 1968
A quick peace, an easy peace, is not necessarily a just peace and a peace with honor that will last.
Mar 19, 1968
The Annual Report of the National Science Foundation deserves the attention of the Congress and the American people.
Mar 19, 1968
Prompt enactment of the tax bill will be clear and convincing proof of our leadership and an exercise of our responsibility.
Mar 19, 1968
It is proof that we are penetrating the unknown, educating new generations of scientists, and making our scientific research yield maximum value.
Mar 19, 1968
The Alliance for Progress is helping to bring social and economic hope to millions in Paraguay and to the other countries of the hemisphere.
Mar 19, 1968
The most beautiful vision these eyes ever beheld was the flag of my country in a foreign land.
Mar 18, 1968
I have said that what is being tested is the will of America--not the capacity of America.
Mar 18, 1968
In the words of a great President, Abraham Lincoln, 'with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.'
Mar 18, 1968
To impress upon our people the urgency of the cancer problem, a joint resolution of Congress adopted March 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 148), requested the President to issue annually a proclamation setting aside the month of April as Cancer Control…
Mar 17, 1968
The farmer should not be asked to grow more than the market can take at a fair price.
Mar 17, 1968
We love nothing more than peace, but we hate nothing more than surrender and cowardice.
Mar 17, 1968
You may want peace with your neighbor, too, and you may be willing to go across the road and into his yard to try to talk him into it.
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