Jul 22, 1966
I am very happy to say that today you have standing in the United States Senate a man who carries on in the tradition of Lincoln, a man named Paul Douglas, who fights to see that all men are free and equal and live together as brothers.
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
So we are convinced that the development will make a material contribution to the economic well-being of this area.
Jul 22, 1966
I particularly want to thank you for furnishing us the most able executive, I think, that we have in the White House--Mrs. Bess Clements Abell, a Kentucky girl, who walks with kings and prime ministers and never loses the common touch to…
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.
Jul 22, 1966
We have given our blood and our treasure so that others might have the same opportunities.
Jul 22, 1966
So our honored and respected men of the 101st, we have come here today to salute you.
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
Mrs. Johnson, Luci, and I, the distinguished Governors, the many able, patriotic Members of Congress from both parties, are grateful to you for your warmth, for your generosity, for your hospitality.
Jul 22, 1966
And I am here to assure you that his Government has not tired of the search for peace.
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 suspect at this very hour someone yonder in Hanoi is now busy revising those estimates.
Jul 22, 1966
No President, either before or since, was so bitterly fought by his enemies.
Jul 22, 1966
It is to hasten the day when war is no longer the arbiter among nations.
Jul 22, 1966
When America grows afraid and loses its commitment to freedom, that is the day that America will begin to die.
Jul 22, 1966
I don't think the day will come when Americans are ever afraid to fight for freedom.
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