Oct 5, 1964
I believe we can make great achievements without great increases in Federal spending.
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
Don’t let folks mislead you and tell you that you ought to change horses in the middle of a stream.
Oct 5, 1964
President Johnson reiterated his belief that it was the responsibility of this generation everywhere to join the campaign against poverty and the ills associated with it and pledged American support for worthy projects contributing to the…
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
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
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
Yes, that 5-letter word--p-e-a-c-e--is the most important word in the English language.
Oct 5, 1964
For myself, I regard it as the mandate of all our experience that we insure the flourishing of science and technology in America -- as nowhere else on earth.
Oct 5, 1964
American science, medicine, and engineering is second to none -- and we intend to keep it that way.
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
The stability of average wholesale prices, today lower than they were at the start of the expansion and at the time the tax cut was enacted.
Oct 5, 1964
President Johnson observed that a team of American experts has arrived in the Philippines and, working with private and public Philippine energy experts, would cooperate in developing plans for this nationwide system of expanding power…
Oct 5, 1964
This house is honored by the presence of such talent and I am deeply grateful for the purpose which brings you here.
Oct 5, 1964
In all that we do, we must strive to channel science and technology and all of human wisdom towards human betterment and away from human catastrophe.
Oct 5, 1964
We are proud: of the new vigor in our long-lived expansion; of the Nation's output now rising at an annual rate of 5 percent; of the 1.2 million jobs added thus far in 1964.
Oct 5, 1964
President Johnson indicated his Government's intention to donate 25,000 tons of grain available under the Food for Peace Program.
Oct 5, 1964
I plan to use the jet Air Force One tomorrow to try to meet her in New Orleans, but Lady Bird on her train will probably beat me there.
Oct 5, 1964
Federal employment will be lower in relation to population than at any time since 1950.
Oct 5, 1964
President Johnson noted past United States support for Philippine agrarian reform and expressed his hope that American assistance could continue in the future, particularly in the realization of the land reform objectives of the…
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