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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.
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…
The date of the commencing of combatant activities in such area is hereby designated as January 1, 1964
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 55(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, as amended (53 Stat. 29, 54 Stat. 1008; 26 U.S.C. (1952 Ed.) 55(a)), and by section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended…
So, I am very privileged now to thank you for permitting me to come here and crown the lovely queen of the Azalea Festival of 1965.
I am proud to be here in Norfolk in the great State of Virginia as President of the United States.
President Johnson described the objectives that the United States pursues in that part of the world, in order to ensure freedom and peace.
Simply say, that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michelangelo.
We are striving to unleash the wonders of agriculture, science, and engineering.
We want truly independent nations to emerge on the world scene, each shaped by the people who live and work and die there.
By devotion to progressive purposes we have brought better lives to our people, greater strength to the cause of freedom, and greater justice for all peoples.
We fight tonight to protect the right as ancient as man, the right of people to guide their own destiny.
In our world today there are no problems which may fairly be described as exclusively Italian, American, or European.
Mr. Prime Minister, your coming today gives us an opportunity that we especially welcome, the opportunity to honor and salute you for all your many contributions to the strength and success of your great country.
So I want each of you to know that we share with you the heavyheartedness that I know weighs upon you now.
I yield to no one in the concern for military strength and fully effective defenses.
We can be proud as Americans of the manner in which the Foreign Service has discharged its responsibilities under the leadership of a great Secretary of State.
The obligation of the Federal Government is to help build a basic floor under public education in America.
As President of the United States, I believe deeply no law I have signed or will ever sign means more to the future of America.
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