Apr 22, 1964
Yes, I anticipate that we will have stepped-up activity there that will cost more money.
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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Apr 22, 1964
I do hereby designate Memorial Day, Saturday, May 30, 1964, as a day of prayer for permanent peace
Apr 22, 1964
I am today nominating Mr. Leonard L. Sells to be a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board.
Apr 22, 1964
I am happy to announce that Mr. Robert Anderson, our Ambassador, will be making a brief visit to Panama early next week.
Apr 22, 1964
I have just approved today recommendations of the Secretary of Defense to further reduce our Defense expenditures.
Apr 21, 1964
But most of all, this agreement prevents, we hope for all time, a most crippling and disastrous strike in the railroad industry.
Apr 21, 1964
It is an effort to convey the spirit of all America to the visitors of all the world.
Apr 21, 1964
Rather, we freely admit them, and we bend our energy and our toil to correct them.
Apr 21, 1964
Free and unhindered criticism of men, of ideas, and of institutions is the vital nourishment of all freedom.
Apr 21, 1964
All of these dreams and these hopes and these expectations depend upon a world that is free from the threat of war.
Apr 21, 1964
My heart tonight is filled with the pride that I hope every American must feel.
Apr 21, 1964
I prophesy peace is not only possible in our generation, I predict that it is coming much earlier.
Apr 21, 1964
I tell you quite frankly there are few events that give me more faith in my country and more pride in the free, collective bargaining process.
Apr 21, 1964
We have been more interested in the hazards of the future than we have been interested in the victories of the past.
Apr 21, 1964
Our pride in accomplishment must not ignore the fact that our progress has had two faces.
Apr 21, 1964
Tonight the Nation can celebrate an agreement that has been reached between the railway companies and the men who operate the trains.
Apr 21, 1964
These challenges give the picture of the America that we would like to be, the future we would hope for, the land that we want our children to inherit.
Apr 21, 1964
This is the face of American industrial democracy that we can proudly show to the entire world, that free enterprise, free collective bargaining, really works in this country.
Apr 20, 1964
Our gross national product in this, the richest of all nations, this quarter, is running at the rate of $608.5 billion.
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