Feb 3, 1966
We will ask the Chief of State, General Thieu, and the Prime Minister, Mr. Ky, to also come there for a visit and to exchange views with us.
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 3, 1966
No, I think all of you who have been around here through the years--particularly when we have had testimony on military matters and times when we are engaged with the enemy or when we are fighting Communists--know that we have tried to…
Feb 3, 1966
I have plans to ask Ambassador Lodge to come into Honolulu and join General Westmoreland there.
Feb 2, 1966
What I hope the sixties will be remembered for are the steps that we have taken in education and in health and in understanding of our fellow man, not just in the 50 States of this Union, but in all the continents of the world.
Feb 2, 1966
But I know of no more worthy motive or purpose that a human being can have than to try to lay out as his or her goal a program that will educate the mind, and that will conquer disease in the body, and that will permit your children and…
Feb 2, 1966
It gives me such great satisfaction to attempt in the best way I can to pay tribute to Congressman Fogarty from the great State of Rhode Island.
Feb 2, 1966
Your scientists have made a major contribution to man's knowledge of the moon and of space.
Feb 1, 1966
We would be shortsighted to confine our vision to this nation's shorelines.
Feb 1, 1966
So I appeal to the Congress to enact the revenue measures that I have proposed.
Feb 1, 1966
It has taken a Government which is looking out every minute of the day for the best interests of all the people.
Feb 1, 1966
Schooled in the grief of war, we know certain truths are self-evident in every nation on this earth: --Ideas, not armaments, will shape our lasting prospects for peace.
Feb 1, 1966
We are here this morning to engage in a bit of barter with Harvard University.
Feb 1, 1966
When I was growing up, that didn't seem to mean very much, but since I grew up we have learned the error of our ways.
Feb 1, 1966
Our nation has no better ambassadors than the young volunteers who serve in 46 countries in the Peace Corps.
Feb 1, 1966
The well-being of any nation rests fundamentally upon the health of its people.
Feb 1, 1966
We have already proved that recessions are not a necessary fact of life.
Feb 1, 1966
Someone once defined an economist as a person who says that we move in cycles instead of running around in circles.
Feb 1, 1966
I will shortly propose a comprehensive Highway Safety Act of 1966 to arrest the destruction of life and property on our highways.
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