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.
Mar 1, 1967
TODAY marks the 50th anniversary of the granting of United States citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico by the Congress of the United States.
Mar 1, 1967
Today more than 4 out of every 10 that age are still in school or college.
Mar 1, 1967
By February 1965 it was unmistakably clear there was armed attack in the most literal sense: South Viet Nam was almost lost to that armed attack.
Mar 1, 1967
I take no satisfaction from the number of infiltrators killed on their way to South Viet Nam, from the number of trucks or of boats or of railroad cars destroyed or the tons of supplies destroyed.
Mar 1, 1967
You cannot work with these two men without catching some of their enthusiasm, some of their passion for education, and some of their dedication to making this a better land in which to live.
Mar 1, 1967
And in that month, on the recommendation of the National Security Council, I decided that we had to 'meet the common danger' by bringing our air power to bear against the source of the aggression.
Mar 1, 1967
We are bombing North Viet Nam because it is violating two solemn international agreements.
Mar 1, 1967
I have come here today not to call attention to the advancing age of the Office of Education, but rather to celebrate its next 100 years.
Feb 27, 1967
I have asked the Deputy Attorney General and the Acting Attorney General, Mr. Clark, to serve as Attorney General.
Feb 26, 1967
No one has ever expected, except those who want us to stop it, that bombing would stop infiltration.
Feb 26, 1967
I recommend that the Congress allow the reorganization plan to become effective.
Feb 26, 1967
A civilized community in the Twentieth Century should not permit a situation such as this to exist.
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