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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 17, 1965

I believe that this is one of the most constructive, and one of the most sensible, and also one of the most exciting programs that this Nation has ever undertaken.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 17, 1965

I know this is strength for freedom and for the institutions of our free democratic society now and through the years to come.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 17, 1965

This is a time of change--broad, deep, and profound change--in the role and the responsibilities of all the news media.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 17, 1965

Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty's curse and not its creators.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

Our resolve is firm and our resources are great, our faith is unyielding and it is unchanging.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

In the first moments of that dear and present challenge, the United States moved to stand at once at your side--and there, Mr. President, we still stand, our sons and your sons stand together guarding the peace today.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

Mr. President, it is a very happy privilege for me to welcome you once again to this country and to this Capital City of Washington.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

Korea is making progress in its struggle against these enemies and, Mr. President, we stand resolutely with you in your progress toward self-sufficiency.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

We have not forgotten, and we shall never forget, in America or in Korea, that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

The enemies of peace and the foes of freedom still move in the world now, seeking to impose their will by aggression and subversion.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1965

We welcome the talent and the enterprise and the leadership of your young people studying in our land.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 14, 1965

We want to pass a tax bill that will continue to make more jobs, to make more profits, and to have a more profitable economy for all America.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 14, 1965

The tax on local and long-distance telephone services, which I propose to reduce from 10 percent to 3 percent by January 1966, and completely eliminate by 1969.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· May 14, 1965

I call upon the people of the Nation to pray for a lasting peace in which all mankind may reap the fruits of His blessing.

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