Sep 4, 1966
But to stop aggression is only the beginning, not the end of our policy.
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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Tonight we have a revolutionary new program of housing and rent supplements for the needy which is going to bring the whole power of free enterprise to bear on this problem.
Sep 4, 1966
For while America has not ceased to be the land of opportunity to succeed, it has also become the land of opportunity to serve.
Sep 4, 1966
I would today simply remind all of those who benefit from public programs that every American's constant commitment should be, ought to be, and must be like Dr. Kellogg's, 'To spend our lives in human service.'
Sep 4, 1966
I am so happy that I could be here this morning to honor the memory of Pat McNamara.
Sep 4, 1966
Tonight we have an immigration law that no longer asks a man, 'Where do you come from?','It asks, 'What can you do?'
Sep 4, 1966
The Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Higher Education Act of 1965.
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From what Mrs. Johnson has told me of Dr. Kellogg, he was my kind of man.
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I said way back early in my political life that I thought every 'person had a great reward if he had a chance to serve his fellow man.
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I am deeply honored by the fine introduction that your eminent and capable Representative in Congress, Congressman Rodney Love, gave me.
Sep 4, 1966
So long as I am in your office of Presidency, I am going to make every effort I know how to insure and guarantee the greatest possible progress in the field of health at the lowest possible cost to the individual.
Sep 4, 1966
Look at the Peace Corps which helps abroad, and at VISTA which helps at home.
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This, I think, is the Labor Day that should be the happiest for the working people of this country since Labor Day was first promulgated in the administration of Grover Cleveland
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I am asking a group of Governors and mayors to meet and study ways in which city, State, and Federal Governments can cooperate in developing a manpower service program that could work at every level of our society.
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If anyone, if anyone will show me the time schedule when aggression and infiltration and 'might makes right' will be halted, then I, as President of this country will lay on the table the schedule for the withdrawal of all of our forces…
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So it is up to us and other free men to convince those who seize hunger, sickness, and poverty as an excuse for aggression; who believe that might makes right--those Communists who think that they can invade their neighbor and gobble up…
Sep 4, 1966
And before this session of Congress comes to an end, I hope to sign into law the third historic civil rights bill of the Johnson administration.
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The United States welcomes any effort that will persuade the men in Hanoi that this is the right path for them and for all humanity.
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And, we are working to build community health centers where those who suffer can receive care and compassionate guidance.
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How lucky, how fortunate, and how blessed we are that we can live in the United States of America.
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