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.
Sep 17, 1964
The lands described in Proclamation No. 2263 of December 7, 1937, and shown by diagram attached thereto, are hereby excluded from the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, and transferred to and made a part of the Oconee National Forest…
Sep 17, 1964
The following-described lands are hereby excluded from the Tombigbee National Forest, Mississippi: Choctaw Meridian T. 16 N., R. 13 E., Sec. 23, that part lying south and east of the Louisville-Starkville Road which is east of the Betheden…
Sep 17, 1964
There remains a great challenge, of course, to move on to the closest partnership.
Sep 17, 1964
Lands comprising fractional sections 22, 27, and 34, T. 7 S., R. 27 E., Indian Meridian, are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby added to and made a part of the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma.
Sep 16, 1964
Of all the ages that men have lived, this age of America is the best of all.
Sep 16, 1964
I am very proud to be in the home State of more Americans than any other.
Sep 16, 1964
Previously, our radar capability had been limited to the detection of objects within the line of sight, but now we have produced, and we are installing, our first facilities for operational 'over-the-horizon' radar.
Sep 16, 1964
Our system is succeeding as none before-anywhere, at any time--have ever succeeded.
Sep 16, 1964
We sought and we supported a resolution unanimously approved in the United Nations banning the use of weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
Sep 16, 1964
Our arms shall be always ready, but our hand shall be always extended to those who will join us in a pursuit of peace with honor.
Sep 16, 1964
What men are in America is not determined by their pedigree or their purse but by their soul and spirit and by their God-given worth.
Sep 16, 1964
This means more time to prepare for our retaliatory strike and more time for us to decide, to decide with prudence and reason, the scope and the extent of our retaliatory strike.
Sep 16, 1964
Our will and our work today is that the meaning of our country and our Constitution, and our destiny, shall be the same for all Americans, regardless of their creed or their color or their origins.
Sep 16, 1964
Let us guide our conduct by the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Sep 16, 1964
Seven years ago America awakened one morning to find a Soviet satellite orbiting the skies.
Sep 16, 1964
This radar will literally look around the curve of the earth, alerting us to aircraft, and especially to missiles, within seconds after they are launched.
Sep 16, 1964
Today I am able to tell you, and I am able to say to the entire world, we have a major increase in our capacity to detect hostile launches against the free world.
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