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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

I feel very pleased that these men have indicated their willingness to make a sacrifice to lend their peculiar and unusual talents to the direction of this great adventure between Government and free enterprise.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

We must care about the rights of our fellow man as much as we care about the rights of our own.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

Compassion has always been, and must always be, a vital part of the strength of America.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

I believe that you feel as I do that we have a wonderful country, that we cannot just take things for granted and sit in a rocking chair and let the rest of the world go by.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

So today I call upon you to answer your Nation's challenge, to answer it by being leaders for a united America, united and indivisible under God.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

We are at peace today--and we are more determined to preserve peace than ever before in our life.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

I have no further information on the incident other than that given you, other than the information you received Saturday on a background basis.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

For none of us is free unless all of us are free; none is strong unless all are strong; none of us can live in dignity unless all of us live in decency.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

We think that the people want to hear from us, they want to get our viewpoints on public questions, they want to know how we stand on issues, so we are going to be visiting all over this country.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

Our success, the strength and unity of our society, are the targets of every tyrant in the world.

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