Feb 14, 1968
I will continue to look to the Council of Economic Advisers for advice on guarding our prosperity against inflation.
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 14, 1968
In March, more than 17 million older citizens will receive a social security increase of some 13 percent.
Feb 14, 1968
Last year we took a major step toward that goal. We passed a law forbidding age discrimination in employment.
Feb 14, 1968
Do we really believe that every American is entitled to a decent education, decent housing, decent job at a decent wage?
Feb 14, 1968
But few deserve it more than the great man whom I have come here to pay my respects to and whom you have come here tonight to honor.
Feb 14, 1968
President Truman proposed Medicare. But you testified for it--and you worked for it.
Feb 12, 1968
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, invite the people of the United States to observe February 1968 as American History Month.
Feb 12, 1968
The study of American history reveals the experience of shared endeavor, hardship, joy, and triumph which binds us together as a nation.
Feb 12, 1968
It is the story of countless individuals whose success and sacrifice converted an idea into a free nation.
Feb 12, 1968
Their more immediate causes lie in the growth of technology, in industry, and, of course, urbanization.
Feb 12, 1968
The stature of the scientists we honor today gives me great confidence that science will do its part.
Feb 12, 1968
This is not a task for science alone, but for us all, for every citizen in the land and for every scientist as well.
Feb 12, 1968
I am quite pleased to be a participant in bestowing the 1967 awards of the National Medal of Science.
Feb 12, 1968
The heritage of liberty we enjoy was bought by men and women who dared the unknown, who tamed the wilderness, and gave their lives on fields of battle.
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