Jan 20, 1964
I don't think that anyone knows this, except perhaps Secretary McNamara and his family, but when my beloved predecessor was thinking of this occasion, he was reminded that General Shoup had an aversion to receiving medals.
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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Jan 20, 1964
I would also appreciate any appropriate recommendations for Government action.
Jan 20, 1964
If we have the genius to create these terrible weapons of destruction, then, certainly, we have the genius to create the means of their destruction.
Jan 20, 1964
Agreement on the control and the reduction and the ultimate abolition of weapons and war is not impossible as it seemed for so many years.
Jan 20, 1964
It calls for a reduction from the preceding year in total administrative budget expenditures.
Jan 20, 1964
We face in extending the advancing national prosperity to those geographical areas in the country which have been most sharply hit by economic change.
Jan 20, 1964
Failure to take forward steps only insures that welfare aid will remain essentially a dole.
Jan 20, 1964
I believe--as did President Kennedy--that the primary impetus needed to move our economy ahead should come, in present circumstances, from an expansion of the private sector rather than the public sector.
Jan 20, 1964
I will shortly send to the Congress a special message conveying my recommendations for the attack on poverty.
Jan 20, 1964
Once the tax bill becomes fully effective in calendar year 1965, the entire schedule of individual income tax rates will fall from the present range of 20% to 91% to a range of 14% to 70%.
Jan 20, 1964
If I had the Congressional Medal of Honor, I don't think I would want any other medals either.
Jan 20, 1964
I would like to renew that request--out of respect for him--and out of my own concern with this problem.
Jan 20, 1964
True concern for the District requires that the Federal Government thus recognize its equitable share of the costs.
Jan 20, 1964
It is a great privilege to welcome you to this house and to this city.
Jan 19, 1964
In addition to strength and security, we must also have solvency, because unless we are solvent we will have neither strength nor security.
Jan 19, 1964
That role is to build and to preserve the peace for this Nation and for all time to Come.
Jan 19, 1964
We must be strong and we must be solvent in order that we can be compassionate, because every Congressman standing here today, when you ask him what he would like to be remembered for, my judgment is he would like to be remembered for what…
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