Oct 29, 1964
I am proud to be here today in the city of Milwaukee, and in your famous 14th Ward.
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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Oct 29, 1964
Our ultimate employment goal--job opportunities for all persons willing and able to work--can and will be achieved in the years to come
Oct 29, 1964
We are not going to repeal that prosperity and that progress next Tuesday.
Oct 29, 1964
The whole United States is watching and waiting for you to elect a new Governor in Michigan, Neil Staebler.
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.
Oct 29, 1964
We must build new bridges, new bridges to the friendly peoples of Eastern Europe.
Oct 29, 1964
New programs are being developed to extend the economic advances of the past 4 years
Oct 29, 1964
We remember that it was 100 years ago that Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery.
Oct 29, 1964
The United States of America loves peace and hates war, and we do not intend to be buried.
Oct 28, 1964
If we do in the world what is right and just and good, if we keep our moral responsibilities and if we meet our opportunities, our purpose and our conduct can change the entire world.
Oct 28, 1964
For this richest and strongest and most successful society in the history of mankind, there just must be a moral commitment to wipe away the causes of poverty and ignorance and disease.
Oct 28, 1964
The guideposts are a sound basis for continued price stability and are increasingly important as our economy rises closer and closer to its full potential.
Oct 28, 1964
Around the world more millions are enslaved by hunger than by tyrants.
Oct 28, 1964
Wholesale prices are, on the average, 0.1 percent below 5 years ago, and down 0.3 percent since the beginning of this year.
Oct 28, 1964
Average wage and benefit increases have not exceeded the long-run rise in the productivity of our workers, so that labor cost per unit of output has not risen since the beginning of 1961.
Oct 28, 1964
The term 'guideposts' conveys exactly what was intended--not hard and fast prescriptions for every wage settlement or price decision--but criteria for responsible action by both labor and business.
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