Oct 25, 1964
The big issue that we want to talk about tonight is whether we will stay on this path of peace.
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 25, 1964
Lasting peace between peoples in the world is tonight within our sight and within our grasp.
Oct 25, 1964
We sincerely hope that this achievement will be taken as a lesson and example by the entire world.
Oct 25, 1964
We will maintain our forward momentum and capitalize on the very real gains of the past 4 years through further efforts to expand our exports.
Oct 25, 1964
Instead, we have chosen the slower but surer path of progress through a more competitive, efficient, and prosperous domestic economy.
Oct 25, 1964
We rejoice that Zambia has become free and now joins the other independent states of Africa in seeking a better life for its people.
Oct 25, 1964
We believe that this community of free nations can fully achieve the universal goals expressed in the United Nations Charter only when all governments are based on the consent of the governed.
Oct 25, 1964
He has given a demonstration of leadership and statesmanship that is respected from Maine to California.
Oct 25, 1964
There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
Oct 25, 1964
This progress has not come at the expense of our other vital responsibilities.
Oct 25, 1964
MONETARY policy is one of our crucially important tools for maintaining a healthy and noninflationary economy.
Oct 25, 1964
Zambia's independence will permit us to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation which have been built up between Zambians and Americans over many years.
Oct 25, 1964
The American nation seeks constantly to foster the development of free nations cooperating for their mutual benefit.
Oct 25, 1964
I offer you instead this policy: First, our nuclear power must be great enough that any potential enemy understands and knows that a nuclear attack would be suicide if he tried it.
Oct 25, 1964
To assist American business in tapping the great potential of these world markets, this administration has pursued a vigorous program of export promotion and expansion.
Oct 25, 1964
Your President will have in his hand, inescapably, the power of life and death for hundreds of millions of people on this planet.
Oct 25, 1964
Henry Grady spoke in the spirit of Robert E. Lee, and he spoke in the spirit of Lincoln, too.
Oct 25, 1964
Your future is bright because you look to the future and because you want Macon and all of Georgia to be more prosperous tomorrow than it is today.
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