Jun 16, 1966
I don't believe that there is really a manpower shortage in this country today.
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 16, 1966
One of the ways, I think, to stop inflation is to stop the waste of the human potential.
Jun 16, 1966
Secretary Ruttenberg, you will have quite a lot to do in this new job.
Jun 16, 1966
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…
Jun 15, 1966
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…
Jun 15, 1966
I am trying, with everything I have got, to build the best barn I can.
Jun 15, 1966
I think we are entering a new era of relations between the State and the Federal Government.
Jun 15, 1966
I think every child born in this country ought to have a right to all the education he can take.
Jun 14, 1966
We will encourage every constructive enrichment of the human, cultural, and commercial ties between Eastern Europe and the West.
Jun 14, 1966
In a little more than a fortnight, for the first time in the history of America, every senior American will be able to receive hospital care--not as a ward of the State, not as a charity case, but as an insured patient.
Jun 14, 1966
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.
Jun 14, 1966
Never before, except in mobilizing for war, I think, has any government made such extensive preparations for any undertaking as we have made in connection with medical care.
Jun 14, 1966
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, invite the governments of States and communities and all citizens to join during Gas Industry Week in recognition of the contributions of the American gas industry to the…
Jun 14, 1966
I urge all our people to give public and private expression to the love and gratitude which they bear for their fathers.
Jun 14, 1966
If the father's responsibilities are many, his rewards are also great—the love, appreciation, and respect of children and spouse.
Jun 14, 1966
In the homes of our Nation, we look to the fathers to provide the strength and stability which characterize the successful family.
Jun 14, 1966
I think it is a very great thing for the United States of America to have participated in the economic miracle of Austria.
Jun 14, 1966
That is the only way that nations are really built--through their own efforts.
Jun 14, 1966
We are right in sight of the Promised Land--and we do want it to be successful.
Jun 14, 1966
I hope that you will enter into these discussions knowing that you are a very select group in which great trust is placed and which bears great responsibility.
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