Lyndon Johnson

Responsibility is the issue.

I would rather be 3 hours late because people wanted to see me than to be 3 hours early because there was nobody there.

You have gotten good government because you have insisted on it and because you have been active in it.

For 175 years, through more than 40 national elections, the American people have said, 'No, no, no,' to people who would follow this kind of a course.

The American people can choose to keep government that is responsible, like the kind of government that you have had 3 1/2 years under Jack Kennedy and 10 months under Lyndon Johnson.

In fact, with the help of Congressman Daddario and Abe Ribicoff, Tom Dodd and John Bailey, and Governor Dempsey, if Connecticut holds its progressive course that you are now following, you will be the first State in the Union to win the…

No, I tell you when your country is in trouble, when people are trying to divide, when hate and fear is abroad in the land, it is time for the people of New England to lead the way, to start the march of unity, and to say to the rest of…

For so long as there has been an America, there have been times when factions have risen up in our land.

We are not the sole captain of the ship.

Our strength is our surest shelter against war.

We cannot meet that challenge by looking backward.

We are not out of the woods.

And as long as I am your President, your Government is going to devote full energy in developing all of these resources, and one of them that we are now developing is the Arkansas River.

And this is the partnership we are going to continue between the Government and the people as long as I am your President.

The truth is simple and the truth is this: Our beloved Nation was never stronger than it is this hour tonight.

There are two philosophies at each others throat in the world--the Democratic philosophy and the Communist philosophy.

I ask each of you to look back to your own lives.

We don't want our American boys to do the fighting for Asian boys.

I have devoted much of my 30 years of public career to the conservation of America's natural resources.

It does not mean that we are going to have a labor Government.

We have a social security system that will give us a modicum of income when we reach our maturity and are no longer able to stay in the labor market.

You are lucky enough and you are fortunate enough and you are blessed enough today to live in the most powerful nation in all the world.

So a system of public education, every dollar invested in education today, brings a return of 10 to 12 percent in national wealth, and that is a pretty good return on a dollar invested--10 to 12 percent.

And those dreams have now come to pass.

The true strength of America lies in the moral might of our cause.