Jun 29, 1966
In my Food for Freedom message that the President sent to the Congress, I requested the authority and the funds to provide food on very special terms to those countries that are willing to increase their own production.
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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Jun 29, 1966
If the strong and the wealthy turn from the needs of the weak and the poor, frustration is sure to be followed by force.
Jun 29, 1966
We were worrying about those $2.40 hogs that are bringing $22.40 today.
Jun 29, 1966
Growing economic strength is also evident in that group of 13 countries receiving Title I food a decade ago which continued to buy U.S. farm commodities for local currency in FY 1965.
Jun 29, 1966
The peace we seek is a world where no nation fears another, or no nation can force another to follow its command.
Jun 29, 1966
You can get all the advice from all the world, but you have to act on your own head, your own heart, and your own conscience.
Jun 29, 1966
The 1906 Act was an important first step in the effort to assure American families that the food they bought and the medicines they used were wholesome and safe.
Jun 29, 1966
No industry has more consumers of goods and services than the great basic industry of agriculture.
Jun 29, 1966
I believe there can be no more appropriate commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Federal Food and Drugs Act than the recognition you are according Dr. Harvey W. Wiley today.
Jun 29, 1966
I am convinced that after decades of wars and threats of wars, peace is more within our reach than at any time in this century.
Jun 29, 1966
Food For Peace moved into its second decade continuing food aid programs that had proved so beneficial in the past.
Jun 29, 1966
Today, few agencies of Government have as vital a concern with the welfare of every American family as does the FDA.
Jun 29, 1966
Nothing can sap the prosperity that our people enjoy tonight faster than runaway price increases.
Jun 29, 1966
By any standards, this nation can be proud of its Food For Peace program.
Jun 29, 1966
In turn, we in the Executive Branch are moving ahead to protect and improve the health of this Nation's people.
Jun 28, 1966
Our own security is heightened because we are joined with you in ANZUS.
Jun 28, 1966
It should not be a Federal function, although the Federal Government should support and advance it.
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