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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

American today lacks a coordinated transportation system that permits travelers and goods to move conveniently and efficiently from one means of transportation to another, using the best characteristics of each.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

I believe the future of the Federal Power Commission to be in sure and skillful and, above all, fair and just hands.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

I believe that with increased diligence, this source of hardship can be diminished.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

Further, I am asking the Secretary of Labor to make available to other Federal agencies technical advice on this problem.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

Any man who can survive 5 years in the White House, never stumble over an assigned task, and leave with his ability to laugh unimpaired, is a man that I would warn all of you is to be reckoned with.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

I have always found him a man of good spirit with a tolerance for the nagging details of every problem, as well as very sound judgment about where the facts could be found and where the solution would take us.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

I believe that this excessive delay can be shortened if Federal agencies strive to speed up their reporting procedures and increase the accuracy of their accident reports.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

This memorandum establishes a special task force to carry out the desired planning.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

They should listen to both sides of a question, weigh all the facts and all the evidence available, then come to a decision--a decision that is objective and a decision that is fair.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 1, 1966

He must have enough steel in his spine so that the noisy dissent of the crowd doesn't sway him from what he truly believes to be the correct course to follow.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

The constructive work of more than 20,000 people over 5 long years--the collaboration of the peoples with whom they have lived--is a real testament to the trust upon which the Peace Corps was founded.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

In this way those of you in the Peace Corps have carried forward the real revolution of our day and time, the revolution of peaceful change.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

The same spirit that the Peace Corps volunteers brought to thousands of villages and cities in 46 countries should be carried to the hamlets of Vietnam.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

It is just as ridiculous to charge a man to vote, and therefore, on that basis, it is in violation of the Constitution.

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