Oct 29, 1964
We believe in the right of every man and woman who wants to work to have a job.
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
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
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
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
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
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
The United States of America loves peace and hates war, and we do not intend to be buried.
Oct 29, 1964
We all pray that we will somehow, some way, learn how to live in the world with other people.
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 28, 1964
There is nothing to be gained from rattling our rockets or bluffing with our bombs, because we know, and our adversaries know, that we have the might.
Oct 28, 1964
With some exceptions, price and wage decisions have been within the framework of the guideposts in the 1961-64 period.
Oct 28, 1964
Too often too many Americans conclude that our country has completed its course.
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 provide the public with a means of judging whether the price and wage decisions made by business and labor are noninflationary and therefore consistent with the public interest.
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
THE PRICE-WAGE guideposts were developed under President Kennedy and reaffirmed by this administration to facilitate decisions by business and labor that help us preserve price stability.
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