Oct 11, 1966
I didn't come out here to see you this afternoon because I was running for anything this year.
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 11, 1966
There are many Americans tonight who are feeling the same weight which you and your families once felt.
Oct 11, 1966
Measured by laws that mean something to people in education, in income, in health, in fighting poverty, this 89th Congress has not only done more than any other Congress.
Oct 11, 1966
This 89th Congress has not only done more than any other Congress, it has done more in these fields than all the other Congresses put together.
Oct 11, 1966
There is a big donkey population in this country about this season of the year.
Oct 11, 1966
Under our old immigration law, even Christopher Columbus would have had a hard time getting into this country.
Oct 11, 1966
Far too many social security beneficiaries today--not only older citizens, but their widows and their orphans and the disabled-are trying to live off of too little income.
Oct 11, 1966
I should like for this period of the 20th century to be remembered as the period when we produced more food to feed more people--because food is the necessary sustaining ingredient for all the other things-the period when we spent more…
Oct 11, 1966
The Republicans remember that the only way they have ever elected people is by scaring people.
Oct 11, 1966
I am delighted to be here in Baltimore and to see on the platform a good many of my old and trusted friends.
Oct 11, 1966
I hope you people will remember that on election day by returning every member of the Democratic delegation from the great State of New York.
Oct 11, 1966
Today the war on poverty has already helped nine million poor Americans.
Oct 11, 1966
The Republicans were afraid to pass the school bill that Hugh Carey helped to lead through the House.
Oct 11, 1966
One of my most vivid memories is of the day--in 1935, when I had not yet become a Member of Congress, but was working there--when I stood in the Speaker's office urging the Congressman I worked for to say 'yes' to the social security roll…
Oct 11, 1966
I want to pay a special tribute to one of the greatest Cabinet officers of all time-even if he is a Republican--John Gardner, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Oct 11, 1966
Far too many citizens on social security-more than one-third of the total-exist on incomes below the poverty line.
Oct 11, 1966
I want to thank all of you for being so good to us back in 1964 when the great State of New York gave us a landslide majority of more than two million votes.
Oct 11, 1966
Today, social security and Medicare stand as two of the most historic programs ever enacted by any Congress.
Oct 11, 1966
And for other Americans who are now feeling that need, I ask those of you who have crossed the river to extend to them a helping hand.
Oct 11, 1966
I want to thank you in advance for the great majority you are going to give Frank O'Connor, your Democratic gubernatorial candidate, this year.
Oct 11, 1966
I want to repeat for the benefit of the press--if you weren't listening yesterday or today I want you to listen now--at least 10 percent.
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