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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

I offer you instead this policy: First, our nuclear power must be great enough that any potential enemy understands and knows that a nuclear attack would be suicide if he tried it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

There is much in Georgia to remind me of Texas--the people are loyal, the people are hospitable, and the people are kind.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

We have made much progress over the past 4 years in strengthening our balance of payments.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

With patience and good sense, and the help of God, we will not have to use what we have created to defend ourselves.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

But we have issues, and we are going to spend a few minutes' time that we have before we go to Augusta and to Columbia exercising our right of free speech in a free country to talk about those issues.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

He has given a demonstration of leadership and statesmanship that is respected from Maine to California.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

During the past year we have cut back hard on the U.S. Government flow of dollars abroad.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

We look forward to close cooperation with you and your Government in pursuing these mutual objectives in the councils of the world and in our relations with each other.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

We must exercise great care against any use of this power to destroy the world, to poison the world's atmosphere, or to cripple any single human being.

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