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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

There is no more important way than to assure each school child of an adequate meal.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

This morning Secretary Freeman told you that we are losing the war on hunger but that it can be won.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

I pledge the support of the United States to this cause in which all of us now are joined.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

As long as a single child lacks sufficient food to take advantage of a school education, we will be failing our children, ourselves, and the Nation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

Our desire is to make this hemisphere a shining example of what free men, working together, can accomplish together.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

I congratulate you on a successful meeting and on the memorable decision you have made.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

I asked Secretary Gordon, when he presented you with that Western saddle last May, to say then that I hoped you would ride tall in it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

The success of our joint effort was one of the great humanitarian and material achievements of history.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 20, 1966

This experiment also shows what can be done with a relatively modest amount of public funds--$2 million--when all levels of Government cooperate in meeting the basic needs of people.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 19, 1966

I have not examined that statement carefully. I heard it reported and I read a ticker item on it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 19, 1966

We are hoping, we are working to the end that all nations embrace those principles.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 19, 1966

We feel very strongly, Frank, that these men, who are military men, who are carrying out military assignments in line of duty against military targets, are not war criminals and should not be treated as such.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 19, 1966

The United States has made clear to the Government of India and to all other governments that at any time the Government of North Vietnam is willing to sit down at the conference table and discuss ways and means of obtaining peace in the…

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