Aug 2, 1964
This is the work that will fulfill the dreams of those who have chosen to come and live in our land--and contribute their great talents to the success of the American ideal.
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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Jul 31, 1964
And I assure you that in your efforts to strengthen the Alliance you will always be able to depend upon the fullest support and cooperation by the United States.
Jul 31, 1964
If we continue to give you support without any tinge of partisanship, you will give us the leadership and ultimately the supremacy in an area that is essential to the prolongation of civilization itself.
Jul 31, 1964
We know this morning that the United States has achieved fully the leadership we have sought for free men.
Jul 30, 1964
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate August 1, 1964, as Warsaw Uprising Day.
Jul 29, 1964
Well done on your first career, General McKee; and good luck on your second career, General McKee.
Jul 29, 1964
He has helped us build, and he has helped us organize, and he has helped us maintain the world's greatest air arm which has preserved peace through all these years.
Jul 29, 1964
It is my view that the Vice President ought to be a very intimate, close part of the Chief Executive's responsibilities, and work with him in discharging them.
Jul 29, 1964
The simple and sure truth of our times is that America in this decade must enlarge, must broaden, must deepen its commitment to the classroom as the central core of our society and of our success.
Jul 29, 1964
I would like for him to be a man of the people who felt a compassionate concern for their welfare and who enjoyed public service and was dedicated to it.
Jul 29, 1964
The test of courage for citizens of this age is not how fast we hold the past, but how unflinchingly we face up to the future.
Jul 29, 1964
I haven't talked to the author and I haven't discussed the subject with anyone else.
Jul 29, 1964
This is a great and golden moment for America--a moment to lay aside the burdens of the past, a moment to look forward and to move ahead.
Jul 29, 1964
Onto my desk each day come the problems of 190 million men and women.
Jul 29, 1964
This is the legacy of the nuclear test ban treaty and it is a legacy of hope.
Jul 29, 1964
No Americans have an opportunity--or an obligation--so great as yours now to serve and to help us shape the future of our country.
Jul 27, 1964
President Johnson recalled the long-standing friendly relations that have existed between Americans and Malagasy and expressed his conviction that this visit would serve to further cement these ties.
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