Lyndon Johnson

And where there is no vision the people perish.

A President must, in times like these, often weigh decisions that are great and that are grave--and most of the time they are grim.

But statistics are not our first concern.

Our first concern must be, and is, people.

The results of what you have done are plainly evident in the Congress, and will leave even larger imprints in the objective scrutiny of history.

That remains our policy.

Obsolete equipment and installations must be eliminated.

I have directed Secretary Rusk and Secretary McNamara to be available immediately to the Congress to review with these committees, the appropriate congressional committees, what we plan to do in these areas.

We do not want an expanding struggle with consequences that no one can perceive, nor will we bluster or bully or flaunt our power, but we will not surrender and we will not retreat.

This Order shall be effective as of July 27, 1965, and, together with the Council established by Section 1, shall terminate on January 1, 1966, or on such earlier date as may hereafter be prescribed.

You carry with you the gratitude of an advancing nation, and you take with you the appreciation and the friendship of your President.

Defense expenditures in the years ahead must continue to be guided by the relentless pursuit of efficiency and intelligence of economy.

In all these adventures you were both leader and tireless worker.

Outmoded weapons must be replaced by new ones.

I want you to know from me directly of the very great personal confidence which I place in Ambassador Goldberg.

We shall continue to maintain our military forces without regard to arbitrary budget ceilings.

So long as I am permitted to be your President, we will continue to spend whatever is necessary to spend for the security of our people.

There Is hereby established a new 'National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems.'

No Cabinet officer has worked longer, harder, with a more zestful spirit, than you.

I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.

We are ready now, as we have always been, to move from the battlefield to the conference table.

Tony Celebrezze's first duty was always service to his neighbors.

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