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.
Jul 22, 1966
It is a grenade that is thrown from a rooftop into a crowded marketplace.
Jul 22, 1966
Good men must sometimes leave their homes and their loved ones, to take arms against the agents of oppression.
Jul 22, 1966
I remembered the story of the young American captured by the Communists in Korea.
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
We ought to ask ourselves: What obligation do we have to their sacrifice?
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
I appreciate the honor that you have given me by placing this bust in this building.
Jul 22, 1966
Mrs. Johnson and I want to express our deepest and sincerest thanks to you for coming out here this late in the evening, bringing your signs and giving us this warm welcome to the great city of Louisville, the wonderful State of Kentucky.
Jul 22, 1966
May we prove worthy of the honor that you and your comrades in arms are bringing to this great land of ours.
Jul 22, 1966
Their sons have joined a conflict as difficult and demanding, against an enemy as tough and resilient, as any American arms have ever faced in our long past history.
Jul 22, 1966
The most cruel irony I know is that men require force to serve peace.
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
Hundreds of thousands of their fellow Americans have died to bring us to the point where nations will look for other ways than war to settle their differences.
Jul 22, 1966
Never have the people of this country had more justification for pride, nor more reason to be grateful, than they have today because of men like you.
Jul 22, 1966
But he never wavered from a conviction that all men deserve to be free and to live together as brothers.
Jul 22, 1966
The United States was born in strife and it was nurtured in hardship.
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