Oct 5, 1964
My business is your business--the Government of the United States of America belongs to all the people.
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 5, 1964
Many of our most important national objectives depend upon how effectively American business competes in world markets.
Oct 5, 1964
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…
Oct 5, 1964
These are just the first steps to an expanding economy that will be limited only by our vision and our will.
Oct 5, 1964
I believe we can make great achievements without great increases in Federal spending.
Oct 5, 1964
Your Government has given its support to scientific research -- and to the education of bright young minds -- on a scale without parallel in history.
Oct 5, 1964
In fact: Federal spending this year will be lower in relation to gross national product than at any time since 1951.
Oct 5, 1964
I believe that every boy and girl in this great State and in this great country has a right to all the education they can use.
Oct 5, 1964
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…
Oct 5, 1964
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.
Oct 5, 1964
Our Nation must always respect knowledge and the pursuit of knowledge.
Oct 5, 1964
President Johnson pointed out in this regard that United States economic relations with the Philippines would be seriously impaired if an enforcement of the Philippine Retail Trade Nationalization Law were to prejudice the position of…
Oct 5, 1964
But fiscal responsibility does not mean the lowest possible Federal budget, obtained by ruthlessly slashing existing Federal programs and never proposing new ones.
Oct 5, 1964
America is the strongest nation in all the world, and stronger than all the rest put together.
Oct 5, 1964
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 15, 1964, as White Cane Safety Day.
Oct 5, 1964
In trying to keep unnecessary expenditures down I believe the President ought to be as unsatisfied as a little boy's appetite.
Oct 5, 1964
As long as I am your President, we are not going to plow under the family farm in this country.
Oct 5, 1964
Each day I rely more and more on your colleague, Dr. Donald Hornig -- not only as my Science Adviser but as counselor on many other subjects.
Oct 5, 1964
This is what it means to Americans today to have responsible and responsive fiscal and monetary policies.
Oct 5, 1964
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.
Oct 5, 1964
Yes, that 5-letter word--p-e-a-c-e--is the most important word in the English language.
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