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
I want to thank each of you for the contribution you are making to helping all of us make this the greatest Nation in all the world.
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
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
I will never forget this long afternoon that I have spent in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.
Jul 21, 1966
I want you to give the highest priority to whatever steps are necessary to maintain a system of assistance and surveillance.
Jul 21, 1966
Guidance by your Department during the formative stages of these projects can be critically important.
Jul 21, 1966
It is gratifying to learn of the progress of the rent supplement program.
Jul 21, 1966
I shall continue to follow the rent supplement program with keen interest.
Jul 21, 1966
Their willingness to join forces with private enterprise and government in attacking the stubborn problem of housing the poor must be matched by our readiness to give them all the assistance we can.
Jul 21, 1966
There is little in their normal experience that prepares them as sponsors of housing projects.
Jul 21, 1966
It is then also that you can maintain controls that will keep out the unscrupulous few who might seek to exploit the program.
Jul 21, 1966
I am particularly pleased to see the wide, representative character of organizations serving as sponsors--cooperatives and labor unions, settlement houses, veterans, civic groups, and especially churches.
Jul 20, 1966
Your presence here symbolizes the ties which unite us and the common objectives we share.
Jul 20, 1966
Today we are pushing forward the frontiers of human aspirations and the needs of humankind.
Jul 20, 1966
Your success in making democracy work will strengthen the exercise of democracy elsewhere.
Jul 20, 1966
Our desire is to make this hemisphere a shining example of what free men, working together, can accomplish together.
Jul 20, 1966
I pledge the support of the United States to this cause in which all of us now are joined.
Jul 20, 1966
This morning Secretary Freeman told you that we are losing the war on hunger but that it can be won.
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