The thing that I have wanted most to do when I left public office would be to try to inspire and to promote young people's interest in government.

We have told them, we have told them time and time again, that we prefer words to bullets, that we would much rather negotiate and talk than fight.

I began my life as a schoolteacher.

I hereby proclaim the week beginning March 6, 1966, as Save Your Vision Week

The philosopher Rousseau said: 'As soon as the public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their person, the State is not far from its fall.'

For such an extension, the United States will require only that number and kind of inspections which modern science shows to be necessary to assure that the treaty is being faithfully observed.

I fully share these views.

The avoidance of war and particularly nuclear war is the central, common concern of all mankind.

We must sustain it, deal with its problems, and make the most of the opportunities it presents.

Between 1964 and 1965, an estimated 2.2 million persons moved above the poverty line.

The true costs of this conflict are death, pain, and grief; interrupted careers and separation from loved ones.

The quality of American life increasingly depends on the physical, economic, aesthetic, and social qualities of our urban centers.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 20, 1966, as National Poison Prevention Week.

The limited test ban treaty lit a candle of hope in the darkness.

We have learned how to achieve prosperity.

To store drugs and poisons within easy reach of children, or to store them along side of food, is as foolish as leaving a loaded pistol lying around the house—and as dangerous.

My country is dedicated to this end.

Poison kills only where there is no antidote.