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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

We will support these men who are defending our freedom to debate, who are joining in a most historic protest for their country--a protest against tyranny, a protest against aggression, and a protest against misery.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

Paraphrasing what Secretary Rusk said the other day in response to a question from Congress, he said, 'Well, Senator, could it be that they could perhaps be wrong?' And it just could be that the President was wrong when he made his…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

This law gives emphatic notice to the men and women of our Armed Forces that the American people never intend to let them down.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

I do not wish to impose rigid or burdensome reporting requirements on each agency with respect to the new guidelines.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

A President just must not ignore the unanimous vote of both Houses of the Congress, the two Texas chairmen, Yarborough and Teague, and some 5 million men who will be the beneficiaries who have worn the uniform.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

I believe that the National Council on the Humanities has a most crucial role to play in American life today, not only in enriching scholarship, but in enriching life for all people.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

Under Section 404(a) of the Act, I am transmitting to the Congress a report on this national program, which is successfully advancing communications satellite technology to the benefit of the people of the United States and the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

I am going to sign this bill, even though it provides hundreds of millions of dollars more than I thought it advisable to recommend or to ask for this year.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

I am transmitting to the Congress a report on this national program, which is successfully advancing communications satellite technology to the benefit of the people of the United States and the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

In the forward movement of the communications satellite program, all agencies of the Government and the committees of the Congress have assisted in carrying out the objectives and purposes of the Act.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

In that way, I was hopeful that we would not ask for more than we could get, or bite off more than we could chew in educational costs.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

Each of you is requested to designate an assistant secretary or other official of comparable rank.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

My Cabinet officers brought to my home in Texas, where I was recuperating from an operation, budget requests that they had gone over very carefully that amounted to $130 billion.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 2, 1966

In the foreseeable future, entire newspapers and service from the world's greatest libraries will be able to enter the homes of all those eager for knowledge.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

Any man who can survive 5 years in the White House, never stumble over an assigned task, and leave with his ability to laugh unimpaired, is a man that I would warn all of you is to be reckoned with.

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