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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

Our duty, our opportunity, is to fulfill the rights of all men all over our land, not only because we shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad, but because it is right.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

So long as I am President, I intend to honor the mandate of the Constitution that I am sworn to uphold.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

They may talk of changing the world, but what they mean to change is America first.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

I call upon you, here and now, to begin this hour to start fighting in order to save it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

In 1914 the first old-age pension was established in a State where character has not been collectivized by compassion - the great State of Arizona.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

Hence from Plymouth Rock until this day, Americans have been careful about the welfare of their fellow man.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1964

A nation so strong and free as ours can tolerate the widest diversity of opinion and belief, and it actually can be made stronger by full and responsible discussion.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 21, 1964

We will not return to declining employment at home and declining prestige abroad.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 21, 1964

We will keep moving toward a nation where every man can find work and a fair reward for his labor, where the old can live in decency and the poor can reach for dignity, where no man suffers from fear or hatred and where every man can seek…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 21, 1964

The head of any department or agency of the Government (hereinafter referred to as a Secretary), designated by the Director after appropriate consultation, may establish a unit of the Executive Reserve (hereinafter referred to as Executive…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 21, 1964

Our tax cut, which you helped us pass through the Congress, was a part of this policy.

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