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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

But fiscal responsibility does not mean the lowest possible Federal budget, obtained by ruthlessly slashing existing Federal programs and never proposing new ones.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

In fact: Federal spending this year will be lower in relation to gross national product than at any time since 1951.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

These are just the first steps to an expanding economy that will be limited only by our vision and our will.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

My business is your business--the Government of the United States of America belongs to all the people.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

President Johnson commended the land reform program, initiated by President Macapagal this year, as holding out renewed hope to the Philippine people for the solution of the land tenure problems which, for decades, had beset a major sector…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

I believe that every boy and girl in this great State and in this great country has a right to all the education they can use.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

Your Government has given its support to scientific research -- and to the education of bright young minds -- on a scale without parallel in history.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

I believe we can make great achievements without great increases in Federal spending.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

Many of our most important national objectives depend upon how effectively American business competes in world markets.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

They are going to choose to look ahead to the new problems which are rushing in upon us, our overcrowded cities, our inadequate schools, the growing mastery of the machine, the need to use our leisure time wisely and creatively.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

I call upon all our citizens to make every effort to promote the safety and welfare of our blind persons on the streets and highways, and thereby to contribute to their independence of spirit and their capability for self-management.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

Our expenditures safeguard the strength of our Nation and of our people, at home and abroad.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

President Johnson reiterated his belief that it was the responsibility of this generation everywhere to join the campaign against poverty and the ills associated with it and pledged American support for worthy projects contributing to the…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

I plan to use the jet Air Force One tomorrow to try to meet her in New Orleans, but Lady Bird on her train will probably beat me there.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 5, 1964

President Johnson pointed out in this regard that United States economic relations with the Philippines would be seriously impaired if an enforcement of the Philippine Retail Trade Nationalization Law were to prejudice the position of…

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