Jun 22, 1964
We must clean up our air, clean up our rivers, clean up our streams, and open up the land for our people if we are to preserve the heritage and the healthiness of our American life.
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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Jun 22, 1964
The question is not whether the world can eliminate war. The question is when--when all nations will have the courage and the good sense to do so.
Jun 22, 1964
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered that Executive Order No. 11143 of March 2, 1964 (29 F.R. 3127), be, and it is hereby, amended by substituting '45 members' for '40 members' in…
Jun 22, 1964
This generation of Americans has made an investment without parallel in history in the cause of keeping peace.
Jun 22, 1964
If we don't act promptly, and we don't act prudently and progressively, we will face a real crisis in the quality of American life.
Jun 22, 1964
War is obsolete because the progress in mankind's abilities and knowledge make possible and imperative a new measure of national greatness, the measurement of how men are served by their system.
Jun 22, 1964
The urgent necessity for such agreement upon lasting solutions was underlined.
Jun 22, 1964
We have a great heritage in America of open land and clean air and clear water.
Jun 21, 1964
I hereby designate the Attorney General of the United States as the officer authorized to administer and give effect to the provisions of that Agreement.
Jun 21, 1964
The day has passed when Government jobs are the easy jobs of our society, or when the public service is the refuge of those inadequate for the demands of private competition.
Jun 21, 1964
The new standard, the new goal of Government, and within Government, must therefore be the standard goal of excellence.
Jun 21, 1964
I am personally very grateful and personally very proud of you today.
Jun 21, 1964
The Attorney General is authorized to delegate any of the functions conferred upon him by this order to any officer or employee of the Department of Justice.
Jun 21, 1964
It gives me great pleasure to ask my guests to join me in a toast to the continued close friendship between our countries, to the President of Turkey, and to success in our mutual determination to preserve world peace and justice.
Jun 21, 1964
Freedom, as our forefathers conceived it, meant the liberation of the individual from oppression by his own government.
Jun 21, 1964
Nowhere is that admiration greater or more sincere, Mr. Prime Minister, than in the United States of America.
Jun 21, 1964
Since this is an election year, I guess I had better not say that Brom Smith is the most valuable man in the White House.
Jun 19, 1964
I do not intend for us to settle for an uneasy peace for the world, or an inferior society for America, or an inadequate education for our children.
Jun 19, 1964
Education is a national need, and I want to assure you that as long as I am President, the education of your children is going to receive top priority by the men who lead your Nation.
Jun 19, 1964
Just the day before he died, our beloved late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wrote: 'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.'
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