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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 16, 1966

Too many of our fellow citizens are prevented from fully using the education they do get.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 16, 1966

The brilliant Solicitor General of the United States is a Negro, the first to hold this high office.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

I interviewed about 19 men throughout the United States and finally selected Jim Webb, and I prevailed upon him to come and begin this undertaking.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

And while I expect they will continue to make their argument of isolationism versus globalism--for we all are determined to preserve their right to speak up in this land--I hope they, too, expect me to try to keep on making my case for…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

Seldom have nations joined together in a collective venture that is so endowed with promise.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

It is not possible--and it is not right--to neglect a people's hopes because the ocean is vast, or their culture is alien, or their language may be strange, or their race different, or their skin another color.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

This is a moment in which history and hope meet and move on from here as partners.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

The whole Nation now understands the true significance of America's space efforts.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

We intend to land the first man on the surface of the moon and we intend to do this in the decade of the sixties.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

And what is that case? It is simply that there is no rest from the trials of freedom, there is no recalling what the pace of change has done to the map of this big world, there is no reducing our responsibilities while the challenges of…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 15, 1966

I believe that the development of the space age will bring the beginning of the longest and greatest boom of abundance and prosperity in the history of man.

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