Jul 22, 1966
I suspect at this very hour someone yonder in Hanoi is now busy revising those estimates.
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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Jul 22, 1966
And if it succeeds where open aggression has failed, then men in our time will not turn from war as the means to their end.
Jul 22, 1966
I don't think the day will ever come when the American people will desert those who stand for them on far-off battlefields in the fight for freedom.
Jul 22, 1966
The most cruel irony I know is that men require force to serve peace.
Jul 22, 1966
So our honored and respected men of the 101st, we have come here today to salute you.
Jul 22, 1966
No President, either before or since, was so bitterly fought by his enemies.
Jul 22, 1966
I speak to you now as the Commander in Chief of the best military force our Nation has ever placed on the field of battle.
Jul 22, 1966
Despite the enemy's advantages--despite the alien character of the struggle--our brave fighting men have now turned the tide of battle.
Jul 22, 1966
The morale of the American fighting man is as high today as it was in 1944, when the 101st Airborne threw back the enemy at Bastogne.
Jul 22, 1966
It is to hasten the day when war is no longer the arbiter among nations.
Jul 22, 1966
I don't think the day will come when America will refuse to be true to its word and keep its commitments.
Jul 22, 1966
I come before you this afternoon as an old Navy man with my heart full of pride for the United States Army.
Jul 22, 1966
We have built the greatest country that mankind has ever known and we are going to work day and night to make it better all the time.
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