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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

This trip to Vancouver is the first that I have taken outside of my own country since I became President last November.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

Well, I have made careful inquiries and I will eat the salmon and praise the B.C. Lions.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

I think I will be guided by an old Chinese proverb: 'When you enter a country, inquire as to what is forbidden; when you cross a boundary, ask about the customs.'

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

A full-scale nuclear exchange between the East and the West would kill almost 300 million people around the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

I believe that future generations will have cause for gratitude that two great democracies--Canada and the United States--shared the most generous continent which God has ever granted to man.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

The responsibility for the control of U.S. nuclear weapons rests solely with the President.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

We can never forget that the rich soil of American freedom has been washed with Canadian blood, shed in a common effort against foreign enemies.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

The treaty we proclaim will lay a new foundation of prosperity for Canadians and Americans, for your West and for ours.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

There is hereby reserved the right to modify or terminate any or all of the provisions of this order.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 15, 1964

Here is that spirit of adventure and excitement-of building a nation--which is part of the West which is my home also.

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