It is with the people in the communities of this Nation that really the ultimate decision rests and where the ultimate responsibility lies.
Lyndon Johnson
The Public Record
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.
Yes. I am going to make another little announcement and you will probably want to ask me something on that.
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…
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.
Your scientists have made a major contribution to man's knowledge of the moon and of space.
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Someone once defined an economist as a person who says that we move in cycles instead of running around in circles.
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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.
We would be shortsighted to confine our vision to this nation's shorelines.
No child should grow to manhood in America without realizing the promise and the peril of the world beyond our borders.
Our nation has no better ambassadors than the young volunteers who serve in 46 countries in the Peace Corps.
So this morning I again appeal to all my fellow Americans to help their country in this hour of need.
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Only when people know about--and care about--each other will nations learn to live together in harmony.





