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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Apr 21, 1966

I do not believe that John Wesley would have thought that we were foolish to attempt this.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Apr 21, 1966

By your very life you gave hope to thousands when they were in the midst of despair.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Apr 21, 1966

A fast, modern, and coordinated transportation network—by land, air, and sea—is also essential to our national defense.

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

Words can never enlarge upon acts of heroism and duty, but this Nation will never forget Milton Lee Olive III.

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

No member of the board shall be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of airline employees or in any air carrier.

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

It is our hope that in our own country the Klansmen, the Negroes, the Hebrews, and the Catholics will sit down together in the common purpose of good will and dedication; that the moral and creative intelligence of our united people will…

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

In dying, Private Milton Olive taught those of us who remain how we ought to live.

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

I have always believed that to be the hardest, but the highest, decision that any man is ever called upon to make.

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

As provided by section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, from this date and for thirty days after the board has made its report to the President, no change, except by agreement, shall be made by the carriers represented by the Five…

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

That, Mr. President, is how I feel and that is my eternal hope for our Great American Society.

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