Sep 4, 1966
So when they ask about my political philosophy I say: I am a free man, first. I am an American, second. I am a public servant, third. And I am a Democrat, fourth--in that order.
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 4, 1966
We must not ever succumb to the temptation of buying price stability at the expense of stopping growth.
Sep 4, 1966
I just hope that you will leave here today and go out and say: 'What is best for my country is best for me.'
Sep 4, 1966
This is my faith: that we, the American people, have the courage, have the fortitude, have the patience and the persistence to see Vietnam through to the end; that we shall look forward and not backward.
Sep 4, 1966
Today, this great Battle Creek Sanitarium is helping to chart the course for the entire Nation and the world in the fight against mental illness.
Sep 4, 1966
I am very pleased today to be joined by your most distinguished Mayor, Jerry Cavanagh; by your Governor, George Romney; by your very able Senator, Phil Hart; and by your junior Senator, Senator Griffin.
Sep 4, 1966
This is my faith: that we, the American people, have the courage, have the fortitude, have the patience and the persistence to see Vietnam through to the end.
Sep 4, 1966
Because I think that America is much more interested in country than they are in party.
Sep 4, 1966
Look at the Peace Corps which helps abroad, and at VISTA which helps at home.
Sep 4, 1966
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
Sep 4, 1966
Tonight 20 million of our Negro fellow citizens have the power of the United States Government behind their right to vote for the first time in the history of this land.
Sep 4, 1966
Our objective in Vietnam is very simple: We want the killing to stop and the people of Vietnam to make their own future in peace.
Sep 4, 1966
This Nation would far rather use its power to heal humanity than to participate in a struggle.
Sep 4, 1966
I want to thank all of you good people for voting for Congressman Love.
Sep 4, 1966
Two years ago I said that all Americans are entitled to clean water, pure air, parks and open country.
Sep 4, 1966
There, we have 300,000 young Americans in South Vietnam; many thousands more in the Navy off the coast.
Sep 4, 1966
From what Mrs. Johnson has told me of Dr. Kellogg, he was my kind of man.
Sep 4, 1966
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.
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