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 29, 1968
I won't comment on any of those stories. I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Mar 29, 1968
We are always glad to be able to get the release of our prisoners and to be able to reciprocate the actions they take.
Mar 29, 1968
The only information that I know that is available is that it did not return; that it is missing.
Mar 28, 1968
Thousands of our men and women who have never held steady work are trapped inside of the ghettos.
Mar 28, 1968
I urge Congress to give prompt and favorable consideration to these proposals.
Mar 28, 1968
When matters are to be considered by the Council which affect the interests of Federal agencies (including, as used in this order, executive departments and other executive agencies) the heads of which are not members of the Council, the…
Mar 28, 1968
Twelve million Americans today have already been freed from the chains of poverty.
Mar 28, 1968
We have drawn the line against crime in our streets--and that includes rioting; that includes looting; and that includes arson.
Mar 28, 1968
I want to talk to you very seriously for a few minutes about the state of your Nation today, about the kind of a country that you live in.
Mar 28, 1968
At this hour, as I speak, America's labor force is 75 million strong.
Mar 28, 1968
Mindless violence--destroying what we have all worked so hard to build--will never be tolerated in America.
Mar 28, 1968
Unless we do, much of the wild and beautiful America that we know and our grandfathers knew will be lost forever--buried in the debris of our hurrying civilization.
Mar 28, 1968
Last week, it was my pleasure to sign into law an act setting aside the first of the preserves: the San Rafael Wilderness Area.
Mar 28, 1968
Inevitably, our work as public leaders affects not only us but our posterity.
Mar 28, 1968
This America is the most progressive society that history has ever known.
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