Apr 14, 1966
To understand people, you must know them and to properly speak for them and represent them, you must love them.
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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Apr 14, 1966
Mr. President, my friends: It is impossible for me to tell you how proud I am to be here with you today.
Apr 14, 1966
No nation ever had more competent or more loyal or more dedicated public employees than the United States of America, and no department ever had more of those kinds of employees than the Department of State.
Apr 14, 1966
We are encouraged that democracy flourishes in countries such as Mexico where expenditures for education and development are high.
Apr 14, 1966
Come what may, may we always be good neighbors—and may we always be good amigos.
Apr 14, 1966
All my life the Mexican people have been my friends and my playmates, my closest associates and my most trusted allies, and my most loyal supporters.
Apr 14, 1966
We must demonstrate to our peoples that their destiny is not class struggle but common struggle to achieve that proud and that modern Latin America which is at once the dream of a generation and the interest of the world community.
Apr 13, 1966
And if I could have my one wish granted today, it would be that we could live in a world where we had the same peaceful relations with our neighbors as we have with the people of Mexico.
Apr 13, 1966
There was a stronger friendship that exists between the people than exists today.
Apr 13, 1966
We present that statue to people that we consider our most treasured friends.
Apr 13, 1966
Mr. President, we salute you for the leadership that you are providing your own great nation and the contribution you are making to other nations in the world in a program that will bring peace to all humankind.
Apr 13, 1966
So when I come to Mexico, I feel that I come to the home of my friends.
Apr 13, 1966
Mister President, our distinguished Secretary of State, the majority leader of the United States Senate, the minority leader of the United States Senate, leaders of our House of Representatives, join me on this occasion in thanking you for…
Apr 11, 1966
Liberty is the symbol for the goal we seek; loyalty is the symbol of our common purpose in its pursuit.
Apr 10, 1966
I do hereby proclaim that the Cumberland National Forest in the State of Kentucky, as defined by Proclamation 2227 of February 23, 1937 (50 Stat. 1818), is hereby designated and hereafter shall be known as the Daniel Boone National Forest.
Apr 10, 1966
It is fitting and appropriate that being so associated with his spirit, it should also carry his name.
Apr 8, 1966
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson,President of the United States of America, do, in conformity with that action, call on the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities in memory of Sir…
Apr 7, 1966
We are never going to stop trying to find new ways to make Medicare sensitive to what our people need.
Apr 7, 1966
It is imperative that we secure the new legislation which I have requested of the Congress--to modernize our hospitals and nursing homes, to train new types of health personnel, and to develop a partnership in health with the states and…
Apr 7, 1966
I don't think that we must ever be satisfied in this growing, adventuresome country of America with the status quo.
Apr 7, 1966
Whatever time is allotted us, we have tried to remove disease from the skins and the bodies of our people, and we have tried to find food to give them nourishment and to give them strength.
Apr 7, 1966
You can now have self-respect and still provide for your medical bills and your medicine, your nursing care, and things of that kind.
Apr 7, 1966
So social security benefits which are the main source of their income still need to be increased, and they will be increased in the years ahead.
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