Lyndon Johnson

I recommend that we bring a sense of fulfillment, outdoor recreation and serenity to all Americans.

Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris.

Fast, safe, and efficient transportation is indispensable to our future growth and to the security of our Nation, and indispensable to the safety of our citizens as well.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States I have today awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) (First Oak Leaf Cluster) for…

I also invite the Governors of the States to provide for the observance of National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week in a way that will give the citizens of each community the opportunity to recognize and…

So, as we look back to mark the achievements of our dynamic transportation industry, we also look forward to its future triumphs.

I am so glad that you invited me to come over here and be with you because I like to be with people who give our older folks the kind of attention that you do and the kind they need.

We have been working toward that, and I believe we are succeeding.

Any donkey can kick a barn down, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

The American Indian deserves a chance to develop his talents and share fully in the future of our Nation.

Something very remarkable happened all over America this last weekend that you have had a lot to do with.

No enlightened Nation, no responsible government, no progressive people can sit idly by and permit this shocking situation to continue.

The plight of the Indians gives grim testimony to the devastating effects of unemployment on the individual, the family, and the community.

Our goal must be: A standard of living for the Indians equal to that of the country as a whole.

For every Federal dollar spent, Indian Americans have contributed another 40 cents in labor, materials and actual funds.

I recommended to the Congress.

But many of their resources—oil, gas, coal, uranium, timber, water—await development.

I propose, in short, a policy of maximum choice for the American Indian: a policy expressed in programs of self-help, self-development, self-determination.

We must set a goal to enroll every four and five-year-old Indian child in a pre-school program by 1971.

I want to say on behalf of the Cabinet, and such Members of Congress as I may be able to speak for, that we join you, C. R., in your hope and your wish that we, too, can end even, at least.

This ceremony could well be the opening scene in a replay of one of my favorite late show dramas, 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'

We cannot correct all the errors of centuries in 4 years or 40 years, but we can do our best and all that we are capable of doing.

If you would move America forward, I think you must first move its private citizens forward--and chief among them is the American businessman.

I think most of America--I know the Cabinet, certainly, the leaders in Congress who honor you with their presence here this morning--share my confidence that you are going to lead us forward in the greater adventure of reaching for the…

It takes all kinds of people to make up a world.