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.
Jun 7, 1964
I do not mean just the politicians, technicians, and the experts in Washington.
Jun 7, 1964
He viewed the world with tolerant eyes and his wit and humor always salvaged a time of crisis and made it endurable.
Jun 7, 1964
I am proud of Philadelphia--not just because you are the fourth largest city in America.
Jun 7, 1964
Unless we stimulate individual enterprise, unless we reward individual accomplishment, we will be the servants and not the masters of change.
Jun 7, 1964
At the same time let us not call forth phantom fears about what the future holds.
Jun 7, 1964
I want to say thank you for coming out here to welcome us to your city.
Jun 5, 1964
I am very proud that I could come here and be associated with you in this memorable event this morning.
Jun 5, 1964
And we will continue this pursuit until every American who wants to work can find a job.
Jun 5, 1964
This great health center is a testimony to their success and a memorial to their spirit.
Jun 5, 1964
Two days before his death, our late, beloved President John F. Kennedy, a man of great vision and great valor, signed the bill which made these medals possible.
Jun 5, 1964
That reality is the constant effort of good men to make the world better for other people.
Jun 4, 1964
So it gives me great pleasure and it is a high privilege today to ask those of you, our friends in this country, together with our guests to join in a toast to a reformist 20th century monarch, His Imperial Majesty and the Empress Farah.
Jun 4, 1964
It gives us great pleasure to welcome Their Majesties to this country today.
Jun 4, 1964
When we visited Tehran in 1962 we saw for ourselves the energy and the determination and the skill with which His Majesty and his ministers are carrying out great programs aimed at the welfare of his people.
Jun 2, 1964
As President of your country, I am proud of you, and that pride is shared by men in every land who rely on our power to keep the peace in this troubled but hopeful world.
Jun 2, 1964
So let all the world know that when this Nation has stood 2,000 years we shall not have forgotten the lands where our sons lie buried.
Jun 2, 1964
The people and Government of the United States look forward to working with you and your countrymen in the same spirit of friendship and understanding that marked the relations between India and our country during the time of your great…
Jun 2, 1964
Only an America which is growing and which is prospering can sustain the worldwide defenses of freedom while proving to all onlookers the opportunities of our system.
Jun 2, 1964
Freedom is not the cause of America alone, however, nor the hope of Western man alone.
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