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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

I know, from what Congressman Wayne Hays of Ohio has told me, how much the parliamentarians have done to plan to ensure that this great instrument of the defense of freedom will flourish and continue to keep the peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

If I have any influence with the Post Office Department, and I think that I may, we will issue the stamp.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 18, 1964, as National Forest Products Week, with activities and ceremonies designed…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

Let no one, ally or adversary, ever doubt America's determination to fulfill its role in the alliance, to live up to its obligations.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

Lands comprising fractional sections 22, 27, and 34, T. 7 S., R. 27 E., Indian Meridian, are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby added to and made a part of the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

The lands described in Proclamation No. 2263 of December 7, 1937, and shown by diagram attached thereto, are hereby excluded from the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, and transferred to and made a part of the Oconee National Forest…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 17, 1964

There remains a great challenge, of course, to move on to the closest partnership.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

This means more time to prepare for our retaliatory strike and more time for us to decide, to decide with prudence and reason, the scope and the extent of our retaliatory strike.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

On this day 177 years ago our forefathers ordained and established the Constitution of the United States.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

What men are in America is not determined by their pedigree or their purse but by their soul and spirit and by their God-given worth.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

Our will and our work today is that the meaning of our country and our Constitution, and our destiny, shall be the same for all Americans, regardless of their creed or their color or their origins.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

We have no reason to believe that any nation now plans to put nuclear warheads into orbit.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 16, 1964

This radar will literally look around the curve of the earth, alerting us to aircraft, and especially to missiles, within seconds after they are launched.

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