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.
Oct 30, 1964
Franklin Roosevelt once said, \Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as they were. Democracy should concern itself also with things as they should be.\
Oct 30, 1964
Management improvements and cost reductions in the nondefense agencies have yielded savings on an annual basis that amount to over $400 million per year.
Oct 30, 1964
I have taken a long journey from a tenant farm in West Texas to this platform in Madison Square Garden.
Oct 29, 1964
So if you want peace and if you want prosperity, then I ask you to lend me your help, lend me your hand, give me your heart, give me your support.
Oct 29, 1964
I am proud to ask my Nation's trust in the continued building of its bipartisan foreign policy.
Oct 29, 1964
I want to tell you about a new step forward that we are taking with the Peace Corps, which is another form of responsibility.
Oct 29, 1964
So the task for the United States is to keep our policies flexible, to keep them responsible, and to search for new opportunities to favor freedom in a rapidly changing world.
Oct 29, 1964
We believe in the right of every man and woman who wants to work to have a job.
Oct 29, 1964
I want all of you to go to the polls early, stay late, and vote for Phil Hart all day long.
Oct 29, 1964
And if I am selected for another 4 years I will give the job all the limited ability and all the talent I have, and I will try to search for peace in the world.
Oct 29, 1964
We all pray that we will somehow, some way, learn how to live in the world with other people.
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