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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

The spontaneous cooperation of our people is the secret weapon that made America great.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

This energy is to propel the machines of progress; to light our cities and our towns; to fire our factories; to provide new sources of fresh water; and to really help us solve the mysteries of outer space as it brightens our life on this…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

We defend, and I intend to defend, the right of everyone to disagree, if he wants to, with everything that we urge or everything that we do.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

Our dealings with other countries are deeply important to ourselves; they have a deep and important bearing on the lives of the peoples of other lands.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

Nice words and solemn warnings of rhetoric won't stop an aggressor or a guerrilla or a Communist.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

Let us support our men in Vietnam and send them the message that we will see it through.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

The overriding rule which I want to affirm today is this: that our foreign policy must always be an extension of this Nation's domestic policy.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

What really made the difference in World War II was the tremendous willpower of the American people.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 25, 1966

We are out here to learn about testing new fuels, new materials, new approaches to old problems, new forms of public and private cooperation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 24, 1966

I am asking the Secretaries to make themselves available to you at the conclusion of our meeting and present to you all the information they gave the Cabinet, except for the classified data that was given.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 24, 1966

Only in this way can we realize the hopes and advance the well-being of all our citizens and help others who are struggling for a better life in other parts of the world.

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