Dec 29, 1963
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America do hereby proclaim the month of February 1964 as American Heart Month.
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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Dec 29, 1963
I urge the people of the United States to give heed to the nationwide problem of the heart and blood-vessel diseases, and to support the programs required to bring about its solution.
Dec 29, 1963
We live in a world of 3 billion people, a world of disease and want and illiteracy, a world in which we are the most fortunate of all peoples.
Dec 29, 1963
America will prevail not because her pocketbooks are big, but because the principles of her people are strong.
Dec 29, 1963
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1964 as United States Customs Year
Dec 28, 1963
If America reaches the moon in this decade and is the first to be there, it will be due more to Wernher von Braun's efforts than to any other living man.
Dec 28, 1963
This little community has entertained heads of states, Chancellors, Presidents, and camel drivers because we do not measure men by their power or their wealth here; we measure them by their love of freedom.
Dec 28, 1963
So this morning it is with a great deal of pleasure that I present to you the first citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Chancellor, Mr. Erhard.
Dec 28, 1963
We stand before the world this morning one Nation, indivisible, under God.
Dec 28, 1963
Our meeting has been most successful, our experience has been quite stimulating, and we look ahead with optimism, hope, and belief that the time will come when all peoples in all lands can love thy neighbor as thyself.
Dec 27, 1963
The United States of America remains committed to the great peaceful purpose of freedom and self-determination for all Germans and for all men everywhere.
Dec 27, 1963
Gentlemen, I know that you will want to join me in telling Chancellor Erhard how much we appreciate his coming here to the United States at this time.
Dec 27, 1963
It is with the greatest pleasure that we bid you welcome to the United States and to my home State of Texas--as a good friend, a great European, and as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dec 27, 1963
It is my purpose, and I am sure it is the Chancellor's, that the close relationship and healthy friendship that have developed between our countries over the past years will become ever closer.
Dec 26, 1963
I have had extended conversations with Mr. Hoover, first with his son who talked for him over the phone right after I took the oath as President, and later with President Hoover personally.
Dec 26, 1963
The Federal Government must be a model of competent and efficient management, with economy the watchword, and an end to waste our goal.
Dec 26, 1963
Yes, it will be the budget for next year; the steps we have taken with regard to effecting economies in the Federal Government; the ceilings that we have placed on each department; the new targets, the goals that we will have; the economic…
Dec 25, 1963
This is, in any case, inappropriate when innocent human lives are at stake.
Dec 25, 1963
I will not presume to judge the root causes, or rights and wrongs as between Cypriots of the two communities.
Dec 24, 1963
As soon as these figures reach you, I want you personally to reexamine your employment situation and to establish new end-of-year targets below these maximums.
Dec 22, 1963
Like President Kennedy I am convinced that in the building of a better world, there is no area more important that Latin America.
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