Aug 28, 1964
I need not take any of your time to tell you how much this State and this particular area of the State means to me.
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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Aug 28, 1964
All we try to do is promote peace and harmony in the world, and we like peace so much that we want everybody to have some of it.
Aug 28, 1964
This is a very nice thing for you to do for us, and we appreciate it very much.
Aug 28, 1964
We don't question the motives of our adversaries; we don't spend the time talking about the people that oppose us.
Aug 28, 1964
We couldn't make any precommitments and we wouldn't sign a blank check to a treaty that we didn't know what was in it, but that we would do what was fair, what was right, and what was just.
Aug 28, 1964
Any one of those problems can turn into serious events that would bring great shock to our country.
Aug 27, 1964
Progress requires courage but courage always pays the highest return.
Aug 27, 1964
The burdens of preserving peace and defending freedom are challenges to us.
Aug 27, 1964
I am happy to be permitted to come here and visit with you this morning, particularly to thank you for your service to the Democratic Party.
Aug 27, 1964
All of us think Hubert Humphrey is the ideal nominee for Vice President.
Aug 27, 1964
I am very happy and proud to be speaking to you this morning from Atlantic City where I have some good friends meeting here.
Aug 27, 1964
Few developments of our times are more encouraging than this rebirth of Cleveland's local initiative and local enterprise and local pride which we see not only in your great city but we see throughout the country.
Aug 27, 1964
The American people are going to win one of their finest victories this November.
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