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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

Science and technology have moved so swiftly that advanced education is no longer a luxury just to be enjoyed by the child of the banker, or by the children of fortunate families.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403) and section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (5 TJ.S.C. 631) and as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

In our land and around the world, America is going to stand proudly and confidently for the pursuit of peace and progress, freedom and justice for all mankind.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

On November 3d you are going to select the man whose thumb will have to touch that button if it is ever touched.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

This is just no time to be thinking and talking of making social security voluntary and getting rid of it as we know it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

Under our democratic system, in less than 1 year from that day, you must decide whether I should step aside and whether I should move over, and whether you should have another leader.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

They tell me--I asked Nancy Gore this afternoon--someone told me that I was running about 55-45 down here in Tennessee.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

Any person who left a competitive position to enter the armed forces of the United States who would meet the requirements of section 1 except for absence in the armed forces on the date of this order and who is re-employed in a competitive…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 23, 1964

The first thing that we must do for our future, and for the world's future, is to keep the peace, and that is what I have really come here to Chattanooga to talk to you about today.

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