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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.

Quotes by year · 1963–19698,888 total · peak 1966 (3339)
1963: 81 quotes1964: 2,112 quotes1965: 1,507 quotes1966: 3,339 quotes1967: 1,094 quotes1968: 750 quotes1969: 5 quotes
Mar 2, 1966

This law gives emphatic notice to the men and women of our Armed Forces that the American people never intend to let them down.

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Mar 2, 1966

In that way, I was hopeful that we would not ask for more than we could get, or bite off more than we could chew in educational costs.

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Mar 2, 1966

I believe that the National Council on the Humanities has a most crucial role to play in American life today, not only in enriching scholarship, but in enriching life for all people.

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Mar 2, 1966

I do not wish to impose rigid or burdensome reporting requirements on each agency with respect to the new guidelines.

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Mar 2, 1966

I am going to sign this measure this morning notwithstanding the fact that it goes further than I was willing to ask for this year.

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Mar 2, 1966

We must remember that our budgetary costs--our current out-of-pocket expenditures--do not always provide a true measure of the cost of Government activities.

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Mar 2, 1966

We must seek in every feasible way to reduce the cost of carrying out governmental programs.

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Mar 2, 1966

I am convinced that these brave Americans who serve us on many fronts today, particularly in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, and others, are the very best men that our country has ever produced.

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Mar 2, 1966

Sometimes you look at things a little differently from one end of the Avenue than you do from the other.

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Mar 2, 1966

I am transmitting to the Congress a report on this national program, which is successfully advancing communications satellite technology to the benefit of the people of the United States and the world.

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Mar 2, 1966

In the foreseeable future, entire newspapers and service from the world's greatest libraries will be able to enter the homes of all those eager for knowledge.

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Mar 2, 1966

We are reaffirming President Roosevelt's pledge of 22 years ago.

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Mar 2, 1966

These guidelines are the result of long study, based on experience over the past six years since the current guidelines were issued.

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Mar 2, 1966

Paraphrasing what Secretary Rusk said the other day in response to a question from Congress, he said, 'Well, Senator, could it be that they could perhaps be wrong?' And it just could be that the President was wrong when he made his…

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Mar 2, 1966

Each of you is requested to designate an assistant secretary or other official of comparable rank to review new proposals for the agency to provide its own supplies or services before they are included in the agency's budget.

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Mar 2, 1966

The commercial satellite service will advance to provide this new and unique telecommunications capability to other areas of the world.

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Mar 2, 1966

My Cabinet officers brought to my home in Texas, where I was recuperating from an operation, budget requests that they had gone over very carefully that amounted to $130 billion.

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Mar 2, 1966

We will support these men who are defending our freedom to debate.

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Mar 2, 1966

I am going to sign this bill, even though it provides hundreds of millions of dollars more than I thought it advisable to recommend or to ask for this year.

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Mar 2, 1966

In the forward movement of the communications satellite program, all agencies of the Government and the committees of the Congress have assisted in carrying out the objectives and purposes of the Act.

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Mar 2, 1966

Education gets more money in this budget than any other items except interest on the public debt, some $12 billion, and the Defense Department, which, as you know, exceeds $50 billion.

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Mar 1, 1966

American today lacks a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move conveniently and efficiently from one means of transportation to another, using the best characteristics of each.

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