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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

I believe, I genuinely and sincerely believe, that every American boy and girl born under this flag has an unqualified right to all the education that he or she can make good use of, and a responsibility to get it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

I think this is not only going to be a wonderful thing for the United States Government, and all the Western Hemisphere, but I think it will be a great thing for the progressive and forward-looking State of Florida.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I want those who wish us well to know that America stands strong and stands steady, and stands firm, using its great power with great restraint.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

Any person who left a competitive position to enter the armed forces of the United States who would meet the requirements of section 1 except for absence in the armed forces on the date of this order and who is re-employed in a competitive…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

Under our democratic system, in less than 1 year from that day, you must decide whether I should step aside and whether I should move over, and whether you should have another leader.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

The first thing that we must do for our future, and for the world's future, is to keep the peace, and that is what I have really come here to Chattanooga to talk to you about today.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I want any who may wish us ill to take notice this morning to understand that our beloved America cannot be divided by region, by religion, or by race.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I came here to meet you, to look at you, to speak with you, to discuss some of our problems.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I don't want to see the bipartisan foreign policy of this country go down the drain.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

The Civil Service Commission may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this order.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

I hope after that kind of bragging and introduction, I hope she will be mine the last week of the campaign.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

They tell me--I asked Nancy Gore this afternoon--someone told me that I was running about 55-45 down here in Tennessee.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 TJ.S.C. 631) and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as…

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