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.
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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Nov 1, 1964
When President Kennedy was assassinated, he left 51 bills that represented major improvements, and practically every one of those bills was for the average citizen or to improve the lot of the working people, or to help make America better.
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 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
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
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
We propose to improve and to strengthen the social security system that a Democratic President first gave America, and we don't intend to make it voluntary and ruin it, either.
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
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
He tried his best to serve you, but he was given only 3 years, and he was taken from us.
Nov 1, 1964
In your hands is the decision to choose the man that you will entrust with this responsibility for your survival.
Nov 1, 1964
It is not a matter of reducing public service. It is a matter of reducing public waste.
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