May 1, 1965
That is why the hopes and the concern of this entire hemisphere are, on this Sabbath-Sunday, focused on the Dominican Republic.
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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May 1, 1965
Our forces, American forces, were ordered in immediately to protect American lives.
May 1, 1965
In this situation hesitation and vacillation could mean death for many of our people, as well as many of the citizens of other lands.
Apr 29, 1965
I want to express the great appreciation to those Members of the Congress who gave their support and their cooperation on this action in this deficiency bill.
Apr 29, 1965
Unless the bill becomes law today, on this last day of April, the lives of these 8 million across the Nation would be very adversely affected.
Apr 29, 1965
I am this afternoon signing into law the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act of 1965, appropriating $2,227,000,000 which has just been approved by the Congress.
Apr 27, 1965
Eleanor Roosevelt once said near the end of her life that anyone who believes that in every human being there is a spark of the divine must believe that to enable him to develop his potentialities to the maximum is the highest purpose that…
Apr 27, 1965
I want you to know I am very grateful to each of you for the sacrifices you have made in assuming these responsibilities.
Apr 27, 1965
Without thought of gain, without thought of conquest, without wish for aggrandizement, we have committed our lives, our property, our resources, and our sacred honor to the freedom and peace of other men, indeed to the freedom and peace of…
Apr 27, 1965
Public service requires much dedication, much devotion, and a great deal of self-sacrifice.
Apr 26, 1965
I urge the people of the United States to give public and private expression on that day to the abiding love and gratitude which they bear for their mothers by display of the flag at their homes or other suitable places and through prayer…
Apr 26, 1965
I am pleased also to announce today that the war on poverty is setting up 10 new Job Corps conservation camps in nine States.
Apr 26, 1965
We who knew him knew that he was a gallant fighter, a man who dedicated his life both as a newsman and as a public official to an unrelenting search for truth.
Apr 26, 1965
We feel very friendly toward the people of India and the Government of India; toward the people of Pakistan and the Government of Pakistan.
Apr 26, 1965
Our enemies would have you believe that we are following policies that are ill-advised, but we are following the same policies in Asia that we followed in Europe, that we followed in Turkey and Greece and Iran.
Apr 26, 1965
I do sometimes wonder how some people can be so concerned with our bombing a cold bridge of steel and concrete in North Viet-Nam, but never open their mouths about a bomb being placed in our embassy in South Viet-Nam.
Apr 25, 1965
We must make certain that there are jobs which graduates of this program can fill.
Apr 25, 1965
If this program is to work successfully it requires, as do all of our efforts, the support and the cooperation particularly of business, of labor, of every department of the Federal Government, and of all of our communities throughout the…
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