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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 9, 1965

No man and no woman ever grows too old or too successful to forget the memory of a childhood home that was without lights, and that was without water, and that was without covering on the floor.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 9, 1965

This legislation represents the single most important breakthrough in the last 40 years.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

Your Government and you Americans are going to successfully conclude that war that you have declared on these ancient enemies.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

And as the leader of this country, I plan to set some goals--some realistic, ambitious, farsighted goals--goals of vision.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

I don't think, other than what the letter reflects, we ought to speculate on just what condition I'll be in when I retire, and what position I'll be able to take or assume.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

Mrs. Johnson has done quite a bit of work visiting several libraries all over the country.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

We do this because we have no choice, because we must advance daily or we will fail eternally.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

There are serious problems there, but also things that are better in a good many situations than we anticipated.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 8, 1965

This bill that I will sign shortly, will provide the bricks and the mortar for the biomedical research laboratories throughout this entire Nation.

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