Nov 2, 1966
Since the dawn of civilization, man has been the unwilling pawn of the forces of his environment.
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 2, 1966
I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including Section 2 of the Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials…
Nov 2, 1966
You ought not to be in government if you don't want to serve humanity, if you don't want to do the greatest good for the greatest number.
Nov 1, 1966
Marine biologists tell us that the oceans could support an annual catch of 400 to 500 million pounds of fish and that is a very important source of animal protein.
Nov 1, 1966
What I saw were hundreds of thousands of unique individuals, starting life well, clearly on the road to a very proud and very responsible citizenship.
Nov 1, 1966
The second is the Fish Protein Concentrate Act, which will mean so much to your people.
Nov 1, 1966
Sixteen years ago an event occurred in Korea that changed the shape of Asia and the world.
Nov 1, 1966
I am very glad to be back here visiting again in a State that I helped to bring into being.
Nov 1, 1966
Yet all we have ever heard from the other side is that they renew their voice of hostility.
Nov 1, 1966
You hear enough of the bad, you read enough of the bad, and you see enough of the bad on television, that you ought to know something about the good.
Nov 1, 1966
Difficult days lie ahead of us in Vietnam, until the Communists change their minds about fighting.
Nov 1, 1966
Side by side we fought with you to protect your right to be sovereign and independent.
Nov 1, 1966
President Johnson expressed his warm admiration for the significant achievements of the Korean Government and people in increasing agricultural production, industrial output, savings, and domestic revenues over the past 18 months.
Nov 1, 1966
I AM TODAY signing a bill which marks another advance in this Nation's commitment to eliminate poverty and famine and disease throughout the world.
Nov 1, 1966
President Johnson pledged his continued strong support for this policy.
Nov 1, 1966
Yet we stood firm behind the principle that the people of Korea--no less than the people of France or Italy--had a right to self-determination.
Nov 1, 1966
We expressed our great desire at any time, any place, to transfer our difficulties from the battlefield to the conference room.
Nov 1, 1966
President Johnson assured President Park that the United States has no plan to reduce the present level of United States forces in Korea, and would continue to support Korean armed forces at levels adequate to ensure Korea's security.
Nov 1, 1966
The seven nations there agreed to four goals: to be free from aggression; to try to resist an aggressor.
Nov 1, 1966
Today the world has turned its eyes to Asia and begun to understand the goals, the problems, and the energy of this region where almost two-thirds of humanity live.
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