Oct 4, 1964
Finally, we greet you as fellow members of the United Nations, which has done so much to guard the peace and to point the way to a better world order.
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 4, 1964
Mr. President, the Philippines have also been in the forefront of the fight against external challenge to the freedom that we so cherish.
Oct 4, 1964
Those ideals which inspired so many people to reach for independence are not Western values or Asian values.
Oct 4, 1964
Ten months ago, Mr. President, you came on a mission of sorrow to the funeral of our beloved President John F. Kennedy.
Oct 4, 1964
The United States enjoys friendship with many nations, but with your nation, Mr. President, there is and there always will be a special friendship, a special quality of understanding between us.
Oct 4, 1964
If freedom is to stand strong, free men must be devoted to strength, must be devoted to social justice, to the dignity of the individual, and to the love of peace.
Oct 4, 1964
The United States enjoys friendly relations with nearly all nations represented at your conference.
Oct 4, 1964
None can know just how long the fight for freedom in southeast Asia will take, but we of the United States are resolved not to falter or to grow weary in the struggle.
Oct 4, 1964
A part of the soul of America remains forever on Bataan and Corregidor.
Oct 4, 1964
We are proud that you have returned tonight under happier circumstances on a mission of friendship.
Oct 4, 1964
Mr. President, Mrs. Macapagal, distinguished guests, this house of the American people is honored tonight by the presence of the President and the First Lady of a land that Americans love--the Republic of the Philippines.
Oct 4, 1964
Unfortunately, these legitimate national aspirations are still denied to many peoples.
Oct 4, 1964
Every positive step taken to settle international disputes peacefully—or to eliminate their causes before they reach crisis proportions—brings us all closer to the goal we share.
Oct 4, 1964
We Americans are proud of the role that President Kennedy and the United States Government played in obtaining that treaty.
Oct 4, 1964
Mr. President, the success of your dynamic democracy shows to all that freedom is the wave of the future for Asia and for all the nations that rim the vast Pacific.
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