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.
Nov 1, 1964
May it is without objection from the crowd, I will just make it Lyndon Johnson Day in the entire Nation tomorrow.
Nov 1, 1964
I ask the renewal of your trust, not in a dark hour of tragedy, but on your confidence in my ability to be an instrument of America's purpose.
Nov 1, 1964
He tried his best to serve you, but he was given only 3 years, and he was taken from us.
Nov 1, 1964
Your warm and generous welcome makes Lady Bird and Lynda and Luci and me know that we are home again among our home folks, our neighbors, and our loyal supporters.
Nov 1, 1964
In every one of those days I have tried with all that God has given me to do my dead level best, to do what I thought was right.
Nov 1, 1964
The only attacks that I have resented in this campaign are the charges which are based on the idea that the Presidency is something apart from the people, opposed to them, against them.
Nov 1, 1964
I have said, as plainly as I know how, what I hope for America, what I hope for you and your family and for generations yet unborn.
Nov 1, 1964
I am mighty happy that during that period when the hotheads were around and when people were yelling all kinds of advice, that the coolest, the calmest, the ablest man in that room was the man that you had selected as Commander in Chief…
Nov 1, 1964
You will renew the most solemn sacrament of democracy--the consent of the governed from which the just powers of government derive.
Nov 1, 1964
I am going to do it because I think that he has loyally and effectively worked for the Democratic program for all the people, and I want to be President of all the people.
Nov 1, 1964
It is not a matter of reducing public service. It is a matter of reducing public waste.
Nov 1, 1964
We believe that our elder citizens should be able to live their life in decency and dignity, and we are preparing a program for medical care for our elder citizens.
Nov 1, 1964
I watched, and sometimes helped, as a compassionate Nation built new protection for the helpless and the needy.
Oct 31, 1964
There is no justification for any person in this country going hungry in the midst of plenty.
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