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

I appreciate that steps have been taken in the past year to strengthen the government's safety programs but much more must be undertaken to emphasize our continuing concern and to assure effective implementation.

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

It is a tribute to the Congress, to the individual citizens of the State, and to the thousands of State and Federal personnel who worked so diligently following the disaster that Alaska has today substantially recovered from the earthquake…

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

And 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

It is my earnest hope that purchases and holdings of U.S. Savings Bonds will rise substantially--both through signing up new buyers and through increased support from those who already are buying bonds.

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

I believe that this increase will insure a fair rate to all those patriotic Americans who buy U.S. Savings Bonds.

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

I said that 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 14, 1966

I have instructed our negotiators to walk the extra mile necessary to insure that the weapons of war submit to man's need for peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 14, 1966

I have committed my administration to the task of persuading the non-nuclear countries that it is neither in the interests of their security, nor of world peace, to develop nuclear weapons.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 14, 1966

I reaffirm my belief that it is possible through reason and through patient effort to translate the world's common interest in survival into concrete acts of restraint and accommodation between the nations.

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

Our country is blessed with young men and women who desire to serve those less fortunate than themselves.

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

Our people must be given the opportunity to know, even for short periods of time, the wonders of God's creation expressed in earth's wilderness areas.

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

I am pleased to send to Congress today the second annual report of our progress in implementing the Wilderness Act.

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

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (30 F.R. 9353), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

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

The Teacher Corps offers a practical means of uniting the idealism and wisdom of each--young graduates and accomplished teachers--and thus enriching the lives of coming generations.

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

The Congress can be assured, however, that all of these problems are being given the fullest and most diligent consideration, and that none of them will be allowed to stand in the way of an uninterrupted schedule of construction.

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

The Council shall from time to time transmit to all appropriate agencies and officers of the Government statements of the policies of the Council under this order and such other information relating to the above-mentioned transactions or…

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