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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

I want to welcome you here this morning to the Rose Garden at the White House because I am very proud to speak to you as a fellow alumnus of Capitol Hill.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

This third powerplant, so desperately needed, will make Grand Coulee Dam larger than any hydroelectric project now in operation anywhere in the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

I want each of you to walk out in the world determined--determined to move it, to contribute to it, and to shape it-to be leaders and not followers.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

The landmark legislation that's passed by this Congress will in time, in my judgment, change the face of this entire Nation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

There is another lesson I learned in Congress-the need for leaders in every branch of public and private life to work together, for parties to seek common objectives.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

The lives of our people are enriched in a thousand ways by this abundance of energy.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

In a few days I am going to write a letter to the Secretary of HEW asking him to set up a very special group to make a very special study about what we can do in the twilight period of peoples' lives in this country.

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