Oct 14, 1964
You believe in prosperity at home, you believe that every man and woman that wants a job and who is willing to work ought to have a job, and so do I.
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 14, 1964
November 3d we are going to have a great Democratic victory if all of you will go to work, put your shoulder to the wheel, and do what is best for your country.
Oct 14, 1964
Our society was built on respect for law and order and we mean to maintain it.
Oct 14, 1964
After you get through, if you are not too tired, you can put in a lick or two for Hubert Humphrey and me.
Oct 14, 1964
You have to get up early that morning and work until late that night and send down to Washington a man who will support the programs of Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Johnson--Bob Kennedy.
Oct 14, 1964
I am here because I care about people and I think that is why you are here, too.
Oct 13, 1964
A President who refuses to go out among the people, who refuses to be judged by the people, who is unwilling to lay his case before the people, can never be President of all the people.
Oct 13, 1964
As long as I hold it, I will keep the office of President always close to all the people.
Oct 13, 1964
They want their President to be a source of leadership and responsibility.
Oct 12, 1964
The authority vested in the President by the first section of the Act of August 31, 1964, P.L. 88-538, 78 Stat. 745, to prescribe regulations establishing the rates at which the allowance provided for in that section will be paid (to…
Oct 12, 1964
The authority vested in the President by Section 6 of the Act of August 20, 1964, P.L. 88-459, 78 Stat. 558, to issue regulations governing the provision, occupancy, and availability of quarters and facilities, the determination of rates…
Oct 12, 1964
The authority vested in the President by Section 57 of the Alaska Omnibus Act (added by the 1964 Amendments to the Alaska Omnibus Act, P.L. 88-451, 78 Stat. 507), (1) to make the grants to the State of Alaska provided for in that section…
Oct 11, 1964
I am proud to say to you tonight that I sat in all but one of those 37 meetings, and the coolest man in that room all the time was the man that you people had selected to lead you, John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Oct 11, 1964
We pick them young, we pick them honest, we send them there, and then we keep them there
Oct 11, 1964
If we expect a Nation to be ignorant and free, we expect what never was and what never will be.
Oct 11, 1964
I want to thank you so very much for coming out here in Reno today and extending the warm hand of welcome to your friend and your neighbor who has come to see you at this time of the year.
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