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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 27, 1965

From that day to this, I have been dedicated--as I shall be while there is breath in me--to that system's strength and its stability and its success.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 27, 1965

There are very few deliberative bodies that have the reputation that you members of the Senate have--charity toward one another.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 27, 1965

For more than 51 consecutive months, we have had the longest peacetime expansion America has ever known.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 27, 1965

We shall be just, and we shall be prudent, and we shall also be prompt and brave, for we are determined here in America that peace shall not perish, and the cause of freedom shall not be failed.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

I have stressed that we must reorganize and modernize the Government's organization structure in order to focus responsibilities, increase efficiency, and meet present-day needs more effectively.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

Our democracy depends in major part upon the Federal Government's adaptability, on its capacity for fast flexible response to changing needs imposed by changing circumstances.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

I know that governments cannot easily be persuaded to cease their ancient rivalries or to lay aside their weapons or their arms, but I also know that the nations of mankind that are huddled together on a crowded globe have a common…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

One modern warhead today carries enough firepower to make the nuclear blast of 20 years ago seem a very pale flicker by comparison.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

The plan will make it possible for the Commission to utilize its personnel more efficiently.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

The primary purpose of the accompanying reorganization plan is to terminate outdated arrangements which now stand in the way of the most effective management of the Commission's railroad safety program.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

These clearly are not policy-making positions, warranting Presidential appointment.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

I do believe it is possible through reason and through patient effort to translate that common interest into concrete proposals.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

Weapons have themselves become a cause of fear and a cause of distrust among other nations.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 26, 1965

The amendment to Executive Order 10358 ordered by section 1 of this order, shall be effective upon issuance of this order.

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