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.
But fiscal responsibility does not mean the lowest possible Federal budget, obtained by ruthlessly slashing existing Federal programs and never proposing new ones.
Many of our most important national objectives depend upon how effectively American business competes in world markets.
President Johnson made it clear that, in accordance with these existing alliances and the deployment and dispositions thereunder, any armed attack against the Philippines would be regarded as an attack against United States forces…
Over the years it has been my privilege and good fortune to be closely involved with many of those issues where science and politics have met -- atomic energy, space, national defense, medical research, and others.
This is what it means to Americans today to have responsible and responsive fiscal and monetary policies.
I want to ask each of you to pledge yourselves this morning to go out for the next 4 weeks, for the next 30 days, and contribute your time and your talents and your energy to your country by supporting Gus Johnson for Congress and Lyndon…
The Federal debt will be lower in relation to gross national product than at any time since 1941.
They are going to choose to look ahead to the new problems which are rushing in upon us, our overcrowded cities, our inadequate schools, the growing mastery of the machine, the need to use our leisure time wisely and creatively.
I believe the American people and people everywhere want human intelligence to be employed for human advancement -- to enrich and elevate our way of life.
But a responsible fiscal policy does not end with better programs and their frugal administration.
In this age, no President can make the vital decisions facing him without utilizing the best of the Nation's scientific and technical advice.
As long as I am your President, we are not going to plow under the family farm in this country.
For along the road to learning lies our hope for peace among men and nations and that is the goal we seek.
My business is your business--the Government of the United States of America belongs to all the people.
Never before within the memory of any person here have the American people been asked to make a basic and radical departure from the beliefs and values which are the source of our economic health and our hopes for peace.
I urge civic and service organizations, schools, public bodies, and the media of public information to join in this observance with appropriate activities designed to promote continuing awareness of the significance of the white cane to…
I call upon all our citizens to make every effort to promote the safety and welfare of our blind persons on the streets and highways, and thereby to contribute to their independence of spirit and their capability for self-management.
President Johnson commended the land reform program, initiated by President Macapagal this year, as holding out renewed hope to the Philippine people for the solution of the land tenure problems which, for decades, had beset a major sector…
These are just the first steps to an expanding economy that will be limited only by our vision and our will.
I have asked Congress for $450 million less in appropriations than I said I would when I submitted the Budget in January.





