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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 7, 1965

The bill I am about to sign today represents a victory for the second school of thought.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 7, 1965

On an average weekday more people enter and leave downtown Washington than visit Manhattan Island in New York City.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 5, 1965

That growth means increased well-being for older people, widows and orphans everywhere in the Nation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1965

Finally, your report gives eloquent restatement to the basic principle that sound decisions in a free society must be built on the best possible information.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 2, 1965

And so tonight I am going to leave the White House and go away to the hills of home, with my heart full of gratitude for the great progress that a united America has made this week.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1965

I found it possible to exchange views with the steel negotiators at a particularly appropriate moment today.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1965

The 89th Congress has responded more to this challenge than any Congress in our history.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1965

If our astronauts can do what they did the other day--spend 8 days in space--we have got enough ingenuity, imagination, and determination here to get the job done with drought and floods.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 30, 1965

It is the mission, therefore, of the USIA to be always loyal and always faithful and always vigilant to the course of the truth.

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

I have heard a lot of talk during my 35 years in public life about the power of the press, and particularly the power of Life, Time, Fortune, and a few other publications associated with you.

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

I hope when we meet here again that we'll have more trees and more flowers here on this somewhat rather sacred spot.

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