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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.

Quotes by year · 196319698,890 total · peak 1966 (3339)
1963: 81 quotes1964: 2,112 quotes1965: 1,508 quotes1966: 3,339 quotes1967: 1,095 quotes1968: 750 quotes1969: 5 quotes
Oct 30, 1964

Even the greatest of past civilizations existed on the exploitation of the many.

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Oct 30, 1964

Mine is not a campaign of personalities, mine is not a campaign of mudslinging.

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Oct 30, 1964

I have taken a long journey from a tenant farm in West Texas to this platform in Madison Square Garden.

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Oct 30, 1964

We will work to protect the old and feed the hungry, and care for the helpless.

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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.\

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Oct 29, 1964

The whole United States is watching and waiting for you to elect a new Governor in Michigan, Neil Staebler.

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Oct 29, 1964

I am proud to ask my Nation's trust in the continued building of its bipartisan foreign policy.

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Oct 29, 1964

I am proud to be here today in the city of Milwaukee, and in your famous 14th Ward.

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Oct 29, 1964

Above all, we must stay strong, but we must stay responsible.

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Oct 29, 1964

We have a lot of work to do, and I ask your help in doing it.

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Oct 29, 1964

We are not going to repeal that prosperity and that progress next Tuesday.

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Oct 29, 1964

When I assumed the oath of office, I said to the American people and to the world that with God's help and with your prayers, I would do the best I could.

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Oct 29, 1964

We must build new bridges, new bridges to the friendly peoples of Eastern Europe.

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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.

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