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

Our people must learn to use this gift of time, and that means another challenge for tomorrow's schools.

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

They may delay us, but I warn them and I pledge you they will never deter or or defeat us.

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

I pledge to you tonight that the Federal Government will not be a silent partner in this enterprise.

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

We must build the Great Society in our cities, and in our countryside, and in our classrooms.

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

This is how a Great Society is really built: brick by brick, and in the toil and the noise of each day.

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

We will not completely drive out the aggressor until we make a start at eliminating these political and social defects.

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

We cannot hold freedom less dear in Asia than in Europe or be less willing to sacrifice for men whose skin just happens to be a different color!

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

I am returning with my approval your proposal to increase the interest rate on all United States Series E and H Savings Bonds.

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

I came up here to Atlantic City tonight to tell you that this is only the beginning of what we're going to do in the field of education.

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

Even this latter figure represents only a small part of the total recovery programs provided by the Federal Government under the various disaster relief authorities.

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

In other words, while we are winning a war, we must get at the defects that caused it.

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

We can do no less to bar inflation, improve fiscal management, and keep faith with millions of investors.

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