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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 6, 1965

I do not despair of an abiding personal belief that the peoples--and the leaders--of the free democracies can achieve the same unity and find the same great common purpose in peace that we had in war.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 6, 1965

We are proud of them, and happy for the success of this peaceful adventure on mankind's newest frontier.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 5, 1965

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the He--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 3, 1965

No act of my entire administration will give me greater satisfaction than the day when my signature makes this bill, too, the law of this land.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 3, 1965

I am delighted at the chance to speak at this important and this historic institution.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 3, 1965

The American Negro, acting with impressive restraint, has peacefully protested and marched.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 2, 1965

The United States is not exempt from that shortage--and we will not be exempt as it worsens.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 2, 1965

I am, therefore, proposing certain changes in our coinage system--changes dictated by need-which will help Americans to carry out their daily transactions in the most efficient way possible.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 2, 1965

I request stand-by authority to institute controls over the melting and export of coins to assist the protection of our existing and our new silver coinage.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 1, 1965

I regret that the most colorful sight in the Rose Garden this morning is my sunburn.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 1, 1965

In this century of contest, it is well for us all to remember that the harder the contest is, it remains always whether the men shall serve the state or whether the state shall serve men.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 1, 1965

In a free society, skepticism toward Government is both healthy and imperative and we should welcome it, but private citizens should always guard against allowing such healthy skepticism to corrode or to destroy their respect for their…

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