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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

All of us are concerned with juvenile delinquency in the District, and I can think of no more regressive step we could take than to force all of these children back onto the streets and into the alleys.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

We are the stewards of all the people and we must use that knowledge and we must use those tools if we are to provide the leadership for humanity on this globe.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

I think that we will be exchanging viewpoints on how we can improve America's position and how we can be of increased help, give increased efficiency to our effort to help the South Vietnamese people.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

Education is the most economical investment that we can make in this Nation's future.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

I have not come to ask, I have come to tell, and I want you to do the same thing.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

And your grandchildren can look at this picture and say that you were here fighting the battle for children yet unborn.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

I want my administration to be remembered, if it is remembered, for what it did to improve the minds and what it did to improve the bodies of all the people of this country.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

This year I borrowed the money the other day to pay the Government a tax of $100,000.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

I would be very happy to see them accept it because I think when we know each other better, when they learn what we are doing here in America, that there will be better understanding.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

No, I have no indication and no evidence that they are ready and willing to negotiate under conditions that would be productive.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

This new building will be one more symbol of our solidarity with the people of Viet-Nam.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Mar 31, 1965

It did not propose to overcome all the deficiencies at once, but it did propose a substantial start.

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