Oct 23, 1964
Under our democratic system, in less than 1 year from that day, you must decide whether I should step aside and whether I should move over, and whether you should have another leader.
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 23, 1964
On November 3d you are going to select the man whose thumb will have to touch that button if it is ever touched.
Oct 23, 1964
Tennessee needs him in the Senate and the Nation needs him in the Senate.
Oct 23, 1964
I came here to meet you, to look at you, to speak with you, to discuss some of our problems.
Oct 23, 1964
The conversion of the appointment of a substitute employee shall be effected only as career substitute vacancies are available, under 39 U.S.C. 3302, in the Postal Field Service.
Oct 23, 1964
Any person who left a competitive position to enter the armed forces of the United States who would meet the requirements of section 1 except for absence in the armed forces on the date of this order and who is re-employed in a competitive…
Oct 23, 1964
These are the stakes in this election, for you and for all Americans.
Oct 23, 1964
I want the mandate of this election to be written loud and strong, and clear, so that none, anywhere, will mistake the meaning.
Oct 23, 1964
This is just no time to be thinking and talking of making social security voluntary and getting rid of it as we know it.
Oct 23, 1964
They tell me--I asked Nancy Gore this afternoon--someone told me that I was running about 55-45 down here in Tennessee.
Oct 23, 1964
I don't want to see the bipartisan foreign policy of this country go down the drain.
Oct 23, 1964
The Bible admonishes us to 'run with patience the race that is set before us.'
Oct 23, 1964
I hope after that kind of bragging and introduction, I hope she will be mine the last week of the campaign.
Oct 23, 1964
It is good to see so many old and true friends here in Memphis today.
Oct 23, 1964
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 TJ.S.C. 631) and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as…
Oct 23, 1964
The Civil Service Commission may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this order.
Oct 23, 1964
If you will do what is best for America, you will do what is best for you.
Oct 23, 1964
I want those who wish us well to know that America stands strong and stands steady, and stands firm, using its great power with great restraint.
Oct 23, 1964
In our land and around the world, America is going to stand proudly and confidently for the pursuit of peace and progress, freedom and justice for all mankind.
Oct 23, 1964
I want any who may wish us ill to take notice this morning to understand that our beloved America cannot be divided by region, by religion, or by race.
Oct 23, 1964
As long as I am President, I don't intend to give it up, or give it away.
Oct 23, 1964
The first thing that we must do for our future, and for the world's future, is to keep the peace, and that is what I have really come here to Chattanooga to talk to you about today.
Oct 22, 1964
The new building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation is already being designed in accordance with the plan.
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