Nov 15, 1967
We will labor, with all of our passion and with all the strength God gives us, to quicken the coming of that day.
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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Nov 15, 1967
Sgt. Morris, I don't know anything more or anything better that I could say to you than all the American people for whom I am supposed to speak are grateful to you.
Nov 14, 1967
It is the only dictator that free men recognize and it is the only ruler that free men will accept.
Nov 14, 1967
I am pleased to transmit the annual report on United States Participation in the United Nations for the calendar year 1966.
Nov 14, 1967
This nation continues to search for an honorable settlement in Vietnam.
Nov 14, 1967
Our signature reflects this Government's commitment to promote the cause of human rights and the end of racial discrimination.
Nov 14, 1967
We must apply to them the same rigorous standards of program performance and budget review that we do to our own Federal programs.
Nov 14, 1967
We have only begun to show mankind how broad our vision is and how far we plan to go.
Nov 14, 1967
I said shortly after I took the oath of President that one of my first goals would be to see that every boy and girl in this country got all the education that he or she could take.
Nov 14, 1967
This is what I am going to suggest tonight if I can get there. I don't want somebody undercutting me tomorrow. How do you feel about it? Is it a good idea or isn't it?
Nov 14, 1967
Like other U.N. members, we seek to advance our own interests in this international forum.
Nov 14, 1967
I want to thank you very much for your kind words and the citation you just referred to.
Nov 14, 1967
More than half of the young Americans in college today are the sons and daughters of men who never went to college.
Nov 14, 1967
We want every young man and woman to have all the education they can absorb.
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