Lyndon Johnson

So today I call upon you to answer your Nation's challenge, to answer it by being leaders for a united America, united and indivisible under God.

I feel very pleased that these men have indicated their willingness to make a sacrifice to lend their peculiar and unusual talents to the direction of this great adventure between Government and free enterprise.

I agreed to it if the good Lord was willing and the creeks didn't rise.

Our success, the strength and unity of our society, are the targets of every tyrant in the world.

Sometimes we have to make adjustments from time to time.

We are at peace today--and we are more determined to preserve peace than ever before in our life.

I will be doing things like that every day.

That is our challenge. That is yours and mine.

This house is the house of all the people of this land.

We think that the people want to hear from us, they want to get our viewpoints on public questions, they want to know how we stand on issues, so we are going to be visiting all over this country.

I would have felt a little bad to invite him into my home and denounce the Republicans.

We must care about the rights of our fellow man as much as we care about the rights of our own.

We are prosperous today--more prosperous than any people have ever been at any time.

We are prepared today--better prepared than ever before in all of our history.

We must make it dear, to all abroad and to all at home, that America will never permit itself to be divided.

If we are to remain a great nation, we must be led by great people.

The day America hardens its heart, the day the fortunate turn away from the helpless, the day compassion turns to indifference, on that day we will begin to decline from greatness.

I am happy to have Mr. Richard W. Reuter, the Director of the Food for Peace Program, as my representative and Special Ambassador at the independence ceremonies.

Hunger destroys initiative.

West Virginia is making progress.

A cold and an indifferent government destroys initiative.

In the years to come, by working together, group with group, section with section, we will defeat the forces of division and we will keep our country moving ahead.

Giving a man a chance to work and feed his family and provide for his children does not destroy his initiative.

We in the United States look forward to seeing the friendly ties already established between us grow stronger in the years ahead.

I am confident that Malta's role as an independent member of the community of nations will be bright and constructive.