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

You have my pledge that the Internal Revenue Service, as long as I am President, is going to be a blue ribbon organization.

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

But let them not suppose that our desire for peace springs either from weakness or from hesitation.

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

A nation's greatness is measured by its concern for the health and welfare of its people.

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

Today we can set ambitious goals for the future:--full education for every citizen to the limits of his capacity to absorb it;--good health for every citizen to the limits of our country's capacity to provide it.

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

The taxes you collect are going to be used to rebuild the cities of America in a manner in which we can take great pride.

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

We are ready when that day comes, ready to join in a massive effort of reconstruction and development that is open to all, including North Vietnam.

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

In you two men I have the greatest confidence, and I have no doubt but what you will prove worthy of it.

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

It was an act of faith on the part of that great President who established the Peace Corps by Executive order 5 years ago today.

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