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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

In other words, while we are winning a war, we must get at the defects that caused it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

We can do no less to bar inflation, improve fiscal management, and keep faith with millions of investors.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

Our people must learn to use this gift of time, and that means another challenge for tomorrow's schools.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I came up here to Atlantic City tonight to tell you that this is only the beginning of what we're going to do in the field of education.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I believe that this increase will insure a fair rate to all those patriotic Americans who buy U.S. Savings Bonds.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

This is how a Great Society is really built: brick by brick, and in the toil and the noise of each day.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I appreciate that steps have been taken in the past year to strengthen the government's safety programs but much more must be undertaken to emphasize our continuing concern and to assure effective implementation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

Even this latter figure represents only a small part of the total recovery programs provided by the Federal Government under the various disaster relief authorities.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

We also want school breakfasts for children who would otherwise start their day with empty stomachs.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I am returning with my approval your proposal to increase the interest rate on all United States Series E and H Savings Bonds.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I am not describing a distant Utopia, but I am describing the kind of education which must be the great and the urgent work of our time.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 15, 1966

I said that we must build the Great Society in our cities, and in our countryside, and in our classrooms.

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