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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 18, 1964

Make their choice carefully, understanding its importance to themselves and their fellow Americans.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 18, 1964

I do hereby invite the several States of the Union and foreign countries to take part in the California World's Fair.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 17, 1964

Those who test our courage will find it strong, and those who seek our friendship will find it honorable.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 17, 1964

We will demonstrate anew that the strong can be just in the use of strength; and the just can be strong in the defense of justice.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 17, 1964

We must be ready to defend the national interest and to negotiate the common interest.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 16, 1964

We in the United States remain ready, as I know you do, to work with all our allies to insure that ours is a growing partnership of freedom based on shared responsibility for the most effective defense of our people and our freedom.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

There is hereby established a 'Federal Interagency Committee on Education' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee').

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

Every boy and girl born in this country under that flag has a right to all the education that he or she can take.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

Americans today enjoy a good life but we know that we can never expect a free life to be an easy life.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

The shade of a tree and the beauty of its branches must be always within the reach of our people, young and old, wherever they live.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

They grow strong enough to stand in any wind. They grow tall enough to be seen from nearly any view.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 15, 1964

Mrs. Johnson joins me in sending our heartiest congratulations on your eighty-second birthday.

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