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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 23, 1965

Each Federal department and agency shall cooperate with the Attorney General in the performance of his functions under this Order and shall furnish him such reports and information as he may request.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 23, 1965

Each contracting agency shall be primarily responsible for obtaining compliance with the rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1965

I want you to know that your efforts are not only welcomed by your President, but they are respected and they are applauded.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1965

I have directed Secretary Gardner and Commissioner of Education Keppel to do everything in their power, starting now, to speed the flow of funds to all State and all local education agencies.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1965

What was more important than anything else in the world was what Arthur Goldberg was then doing.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1965

So, we must go to the heart of the battle if we are to have a better life--for it is there that the decision lies.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1965

Prevention of the spread of atomic weapons is one of the most important tasks of our times.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1965

I mean to preserve and I mean to extend that heritage for all of our people, East as well as West, North as well as South.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1965

We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as God really made it, not just as it looked when we got through with it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1965

We must extend the treasure to those lands where learning is still a luxury for the few.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1965

And whatever we seek to do to wage the war on poverty or to set new goals for health and happiness, to curb crime or try to bring beauty to our cities and our countryside--all of these, and more, depend on education.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1965

They knew that once a nation commits itself to the increase and diffusion of knowledge, the real revolution begins.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1965

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (f) of Section 303 of the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1965

To split the atom, to launch the rocket, to explore the innermost mysteries and the outermost reaches of the universe--these are your God-given chores.

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