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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 3, 1967

It is not always easy to keep that in mind in the echo of gunfire.

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Dec 3, 1967

We are very happy this morning, Mrs. Johnson and I, to welcome all of you here to the East Room of the White House.

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Dec 3, 1967

I would rather handle it through General Westmoreland than NBC.

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Dec 3, 1967

And we will continue to attempt to prevail upon both labor and business, or business and labor, to bear in mind that when the increased costs exceed the increased productivity, we have an undesirable and bad situation.

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Dec 3, 1967

Twenty years ago it was dear to the leaders of Western Europe that our shield there was necessary to their future.

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Dec 3, 1967

But they are real achievements and real accomplishments, and a failure in any one would make a lot of noise.

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Dec 3, 1967

We have no such proposals under consideration, I say at this time.

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Dec 3, 1967

Actually, we decided to have the wedding here because of one of my most recent experiences in a church.

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Dec 1, 1967

Fortunately, most Americans would rather look ahead; most Americans are more concerned about where we are going than where we have been.

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Dec 1, 1967

Now I know, and you know, that there are many voices in this land which tell us that we must return to stagnation because of the war in Vietnam.

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Dec 1, 1967

I am a Democrat because, in our time, the Democrats have been the party of hope.

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Dec 1, 1967

By learning the secret of the atom, we have given mankind--for the first time in history--all the energy that mankind can possibly use.

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Nov 29, 1967

Mr. Samuels, your President wants to challenge you--and to challenge American business--to do more to solve the stubborn problems that plague this Nation and that keep us worrying at night.

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Nov 29, 1967

Last month I asked the distinguished Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Sandy Trowbridge, to get our businessmen involved, to get them involved in hiring or training these castoff Americans.

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Nov 27, 1967

Unless prohibited by law or otherwise specified in the applicable order, the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator may redelegate and authorize successive redelegations of any authority conferred in this order…

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Nov 27, 1967

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