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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

The Attorney General, and the designees specified by him, shall fulfill the obligations assumed by the United States pursuant to Article XXIV of the Treaty in the manner and form therein prescribed.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

This record can be maintained—and improved—only if the nation's boating organizations, Federal and State agencies, and the boating industry continue their efforts to inform the public of the importance of safe boating practices.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

I urge every American who uses our waterways to reexamine his boating habits during this Week and decide what he can do, individually and together with his countrymen, to reduce accidents and prevent the needless waste of lives on the…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

Thanks to you, millions of the underprivileged people in countries throughout the world have had the Word of God placed in their hands.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

Whether the present effort is successful or not, our purpose of peace will be constant; we will continue to press on every door.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

The Holy Bible was the most important possession that our forebears placed aboard their ships as they embarked for the New World.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

You have been the main source of supply for the Holy Scriptures for the men and women throughout our Armed Forces.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

I am deeply grateful to you for coming here to the White House this morning and presenting me with this beautiful Book.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

I accept it on behalf of the millions of Americans who support your great work and who believe in its goals.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 18, 1966

Until peace comes, or if it does not come-- we will give our fighting men what they must have: every gun, every dollar, and every decision--whatever the cost or whatever the challenge.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

We in our country stand in need of greater knowledge and understanding of the old and honored cultures to the south of us; and we likewise stand in readiness to help those in the other American Republics who wish to understand us better by…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

We must not, and will not, at this juncture, permit our strength to be sapped by inflation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

One of the strongest links between this Government and its citizenry has been the United States Savings Bond program.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

In Class III-A shall be placed any registrant who has a child or children with whom he maintains a bona fide family relationship in their home and who is not a physician, dentist or veterinarian, or who is not in an allied specialist…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

I HAVE a special pleasure in welcoming to Washington the delegates to the fourth meeting of the Inter-American Cultural Council.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 17, 1966

Though you build quietly, you build no less firmly the sure foundations of societies in which free men can truly know and enjoy the possibilities of cultural interchange in this hemisphere.

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