Political Quotes

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 16, 1964

I have often been reminded myself of Shakespeare's line, 'A good heart is worth gold.'

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Apr 16, 1964

The world is no longer the world that your fathers and mine once knew.

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Apr 16, 1964

So now is the time for America not to think just of yesterday or not just of tomorrow, but to think of generations yet unborn, so that we can prepare this society for them and leave it a society that is a glorious society that we can be…

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Apr 16, 1964

We are trying to establish the fact that all Americans can be treated equally and that proposition has the Senate temporarily tied up, but Mike is going to find some solution to it in the next few weeks.

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Apr 14, 1964

I am honored that you would ask me to participate in this ceremony launching a project that is dedicated to a great national leader, a great world statesman, and, above all, a great human being, Sir Winston Churchill.

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Apr 14, 1964

We are making visible progress toward our goals of full employment and better opportunity, although not near fast enough.

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Apr 14, 1964

As the President of the United States, and a fellow citizen of Sir Winston, I am pleased and proud that you, who are gathered here today, have had the foresight, the imagination, and the energy to undertake this most worthwhile project as…

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Apr 14, 1964

Both sides are trying their dead level best to reach an agreement.

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Apr 14, 1964

They have narrowed the area of difference on some issues already.

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Apr 14, 1964

We must always be trying to do more for a better life for more people.

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Apr 14, 1964

I have no doubt that the result will be an America of enlarged opportunity for the fruitful labor of all of its people.

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Apr 13, 1964

Of equal importance is the fact that both the Executive and the Congress now have at their fingertips more and better cost information than at any time in the past.

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Apr 13, 1964

I assure Your Majesty that the United States welcomes all efforts to advance peace and greater understanding.

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Apr 13, 1964

We are proud to have been able to assist Jordan in the past, and we stand ready to continue our assistance in such a great undertaking.

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Apr 13, 1964

So, ladies and gentlemen, our most honored guests who do us the honor of coming here this evening, I ask you now to join me in raising your glass to this young leader of this proud and ancient land, His Majesty.

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Apr 13, 1964

The American people are quite honored, and Mrs. Johnson and I are proudly privileged to have Your Majesty as a most welcome guest in this country and in this House.

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Apr 13, 1964

Presidents of the United States have many responsibilities, but responsibility for Washington's weather is not one of them.

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Apr 13, 1964

I also call upon appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day

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Apr 13, 1964

As we expected it would be, this day has been in every respect another memorable milestone in the relations between Jordan and the United States.

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Apr 13, 1964

In Jordan, he and his people have brought that ancient land of the camel, the date, and the palm to the threshold of a bright and a hopeful and a modern future.

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