Feb 9, 1966
Our 60 million acres now diverted to conservation uses represent the major emergency reserve that could readily be called forth in the critical race between food and population.
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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Feb 8, 1966
The continued strength of this country depends upon our ability to provide for national security, to meet our international obligations, and to pursue important endeavors here at home within budget limitations that will enable us to…
Feb 8, 1966
I WANT to take this opportunity to congratulate NASA and its participating contractors on the accomplishments of the NASA-Contractor Cost Reduction Program and to wish you a successful Seminar.
Feb 8, 1966
This means that we must continue to look for better and less costly ways to do the job.
Feb 8, 1966
I intend to continue to emphasize the necessity for efficiency and economy throughout the government and in concerns that are doing business or seeking to do business with the government.
Feb 7, 1966
We are a Government, indeed a generation, of revolutionary transformation.
Feb 7, 1966
It seeks only to prevent aggression, and its pledge to that purpose is firm.
Feb 7, 1966
We shall fight the battle against aggression in Vietnam to a successful conclusion.
Feb 7, 1966
The leaders of the two Governments reached full agreement upon a policy of growing military effectiveness.
Feb 7, 1966
Their fundamental concord of purpose and policy is stated in the Declaration of Honolulu.
Feb 7, 1966
The Government of North Vietnam noted with regret the total absence of a present interest in peace.
Feb 7, 1966
It was agreed that Secretary of Agriculture Freeman and a team of agricultural experts would proceed at once to Vietnam.
Feb 5, 1966
We cannot accept their logic that tyranny 10,000 miles away is not tyranny to concern us.
Feb 5, 1966
They fight for dreams beyond the din of battle--the dream of security in their village, a teacher for their children, food for their bodies, medicine for their sick, the right to worship in the way they choose.
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