Oct 12, 1967
Many of the problems that we all face today are essentially the result of our failure to anticipate and to prepare for the astounding pace of change.
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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Oct 12, 1967
Our country owes an unpayable debt to the aviators who have worn the uniform of their country.
Oct 11, 1967
Millions of families, especially the aged and those in lower income brackets, live on fixed incomes.
Oct 11, 1967
By keeping a close watch on our economy, we have prevented the cost of the conflict in Vietnam from overwhelming the marketplace.
Oct 11, 1967
But if we don't get the tax surcharge we have asked for, we are going to be unable to hold the line.
Oct 11, 1967
We wanted it to cooperate with business and industry to improve practices in the marketplace.
Oct 11, 1967
Your job is to help protect the American consumers--to help them find the best and safest products at the most reasonable prices.
Oct 11, 1967
The heaviest burden, as always in inflationary times, would fall on the poor, the old, the farmer, and the small businessman.
Oct 10, 1967
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second.
Oct 10, 1967
Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including Section 351(c) (2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and in…
Oct 10, 1967
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second.
Oct 9, 1967
I see it as a hopeful sign that mankind is learning, however slowly, that wars are not inevitable; that national rivalry is not a permanent barrier to international understanding; and that a world of hostility and a world of hate need not…
Oct 9, 1967
We have urged cooperation:--in exploring the planets, or any portion of the solar system,--in the use of tracking facilities, so that our brave astronauts and cosmonauts may fly with much greater safety,--in mapping the earth,--in…
Oct 9, 1967
Until now our strivings toward peace have been heavily burdened by legacies of distrust and fear and ignorance and injury.
Oct 9, 1967
I want to renew, therefore, today, America's offer to cooperate fully with any nation that may wish to join forces in this last--and greatest--journey of human exploration.
Oct 9, 1967
Space is a frontier that is common to all mankind and it should be explored and conquered by humanity acting in concert.
Oct 9, 1967
I ask all of you who have come here from throughout this land to join me in a toast to freedom in Africa, to freedom in Ghana, and to a champion of freedom and his gracious lady, General and Mrs. Joseph Ankrah.
Oct 8, 1967
THE PRESIDENT of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION TO MINE SQUADRON ELEVEN DETACHMENT ALFA for service as set forth in the following CITATION;
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