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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.
You assume your duties with an outstanding, distinguished record--a proven record--and your country's confidence that at least your President and the Secretary of Labor believe that you are the best possible man in this country to do this…
I don't believe that there is really a manpower shortage in this country today.
We have been thinking small, instead of thinking big, about the use of our human resources.
I am trying, with everything I have got, to build the best barn I can.
I think we are entering a new era of relations between the State and the Federal Government.
I think every child born in this country ought to have a right to all the education he can take.
I also designate the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1966, as Constitution Week; and I urge the people of the United States to observe that week with appropriate ceremonies and activities in their schools and…
I think it is a very great thing for the United States of America to have participated in the economic miracle of Austria.
If the father's responsibilities are many, his rewards are also great—the love, appreciation, and respect of children and spouse.
In the homes of our Nation, we look to the fathers to provide the strength and stability which characterize the successful family.
That is the only way that nations are really built--through their own efforts.
We are right in sight of the Promised Land--and we do want it to be successful.
Now Presidents, in my judgment, need to show more interest in what the specific results of medical research are during their lifetime, during their administration.
Today's Austria is ample proof that it can be done--that it is worth the effort.
Because these men are now responsible for over a billion dollars of research and training money.
I believe the answer to that problem is a simple one and that Congress has given it in the law itself.
I do think each of these steps that I have enumerated, each of these exchanges, will produce better understanding, and will finally lead us to a solution that is much to be preferred to the ones that have been practiced in times gone by.
We will encourage every constructive enrichment of the human, cultural, and commercial ties between Eastern Europe and the West.
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