Lyndon Johnson

This great effort has not been for naught.

I know of no way in which such devotion and such dedication could ever be rewarded fully or honored adequately, but I am sure that the personal knowledge of what he has done to make our freedom more secure is reward enough for Admiral Felt.

It is my privilege now, and a very great honor for me, on behalf of the Government and the people of the United States to add another honor to the many that you have received already in war and in peace--the Distinguished Service Medal.

We have sown the seeds of decency, and I believe that we shall reap a harvest of victory if we continue on our course of preparedness and prudence and firm purpose.

For the fine work that the Congress has done, I want to commend them all.

I hope and I expect that this milestone measure will serve us as a beneficial forerunner of many other steps forward in meeting the present challenges of metropolitan life in America.

We face a great task, publicly and privately, of catching up with our full potential and making life as good as it can be and making life as good as it should be for this generation of Americans.

I am very pleased to be able to sign today the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964.

This is by any standard one of the most profoundly significant domestic measures to be enacted by the Congress during the 1960's.

We cannot and we do not rely upon massive spending programs as cure-alls.

This is a many sided challenge.

There is much more that I would like to take the time to say to you, but I was once told by an old lawyer friend of mine that two thousand years ago Plato said that a lawyer is always in a hurry, so I think I will just say we are pleased…

We are very proud and very glad to have you, and I am greatly honored to welcome you here to your house.

I applaud the courage of those who are helping to help make and break new ground in this regard.

We do not seek and we do not want--and the conscience of the American people will never tolerate--a concept of justice which seeks convictions at the expense of human decency and at the expense of liberty and at the expense of privacy.

In the courtrooms of the United States, you represent no individual but you represent the Government of your country.

That plan has now grown to where it covers companies that employ more than 7 million people.

Our Nation's progress and the progress of all humankind toward equality of rights and toward opportunity is a steady climb and not just a big, quick leap.

In commemoration of the anniversary of this battle and the men who lost their lives in the struggle for control of the Nation's Capital, I request appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all…

We will see a new nation, a better nation and a stronger nation.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President, and in conformity with the provisions of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act…

The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency are hereby directed to prepare and develop plans, procedures, policies, programs, and courses of action in anticipation of the probable transfer of the Federal…

I am satisfied that this is a report of success, a report of steady and substantial success in a most challenging field.

Your service has been a great contribution, and I have not the slightest doubt that we would not be where we are today except for the leadership that you have given.

Let us honor them, men of North and South, as Americans.