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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.

Quotes by year · 1963–19698,888 total · peak 1966 (3339)
1963: 81 quotes1964: 2,112 quotes1965: 1,507 quotes1966: 3,339 quotes1967: 1,094 quotes1968: 750 quotes1969: 5 quotes
Sep 17, 1964

Personally, I believe our laws should not say that the relatives of any Americans are not welcome to become Americans themselves.

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Sep 17, 1964

I know, from what Congressman Wayne Hays of Ohio has told me, how much the parliamentarians have done to plan to ensure that this great instrument of the defense of freedom will flourish and continue to keep the peace.

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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…

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Sep 17, 1964

Let no one, ally or adversary, ever doubt America's determination to fulfill its role in the alliance, to live up to its obligations.

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Sep 17, 1964

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 18, 1964, as National Forest Products Week, with activities and ceremonies designed…

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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.

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Sep 16, 1964

I am very proud to be in the home State of more Americans than any other.

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Sep 16, 1964

I know that you have no vacancies in the United States Senate, but anything can happen.

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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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Sep 16, 1964

This is another advance in our vigil of peace to fulfill our responsibility as the sentry of security for all the free world.

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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.

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Sep 16, 1964

Of all the ages that men have lived, this age of America is the best of all.

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Sep 16, 1964

Seven years ago America awakened one morning to find a Soviet satellite orbiting the skies.

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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.

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Sep 16, 1964

Our system is succeeding as none before-anywhere, at any time--have ever succeeded.

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Sep 16, 1964

Let us guide our conduct by the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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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.

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Sep 16, 1964

That is why I have come to California to speak to you as I do today.

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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.

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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.

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Sep 16, 1964

We have no reason to believe that any nation now plans to put nuclear warheads into orbit.

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Sep 16, 1964

On that same rock of the Constitution, our Republic still stands.

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