Oct 27, 1966
You have shown here in Thailand that prosperity and progress in Asia are attainable goals.
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 27, 1966
I cannot tell you how happy I am this afternoon to be able to return again to Thailand.
Oct 27, 1966
Considering our history, I think it is understandable why my countrymen are puzzled when someone calls us a 'colonialist' power.
Oct 27, 1966
We have looked forward so eagerly to returning and spending these next few days in your land again.
Oct 27, 1966
For we have learned again that we are Pacific neighbors, with common interests, with a common destiny.
Oct 27, 1966
I spent yesterday as the guest of your Prime Minister at his summer residence in Bang Saen.
Oct 25, 1966
So man's greatest problem is the fearful race between food and population.
Oct 25, 1966
We shall continue to pursue that goal until our schools and universities are as great as human wisdom can make them, and the doors to our classrooms are open to every American boy and girl.
Oct 25, 1966
We in America depend on you, on the young and on the brave, to stop aggression before it sweeps forward.
Oct 25, 1966
In recognizing him today, we honor all the men, in all the services, in all this great command.
Oct 25, 1966
Today, while our Asian friends still need a helping hand, they want to match it with their own efforts--aimed toward their own goals.
Oct 25, 1966
You stand today in a long line of brave men--the kind of men that our Nation has produced when they were needed--the kind of men who fought at Valley Forge and Vicksburg--in the Argonne and at Iwo Jima--on the Pusan perimeter and at the…
Oct 25, 1966
I call upon all the people of the United States to take an active part in the progress and improvement of American education.
Oct 25, 1966
The foremost goal of this Administration has been to create a legacy of educational excellence.
Oct 25, 1966
Better education must be the base on which we build all our other goals.
Oct 25, 1966
You are pointing the way for all of Asia to follow and I hope they are looking.
Oct 25, 1966
The need for food transcends all the divisions man has created for himself.
Oct 25, 1966
You know what you are fighting against: a vicious and illegal aggression across this little nation's frontier.
Oct 25, 1966
I came here today with only one regret: that I would not be able to personally thank every man in Vietnam for what he is doing.
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