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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 8, 1964

Anytime, and whenever we think it is appropriate, on any question on which their particular qualifications may suit them.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 8, 1964

I would like to see every person who felt that our program and our leadership for all America was preferred by them, to vote for us.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 8, 1964

I think that every person in this country ought to support the candidate of his choice, and the candidate that he feels will best serve.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 8, 1964

I think General Taylor's briefing with you this morning pretty well outlines our position, and I would stand on that.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 6, 1964

These common purposes--prosperity, justice, and peace--are the foundation of American unity.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 6, 1964

As long as I am President I will bend every effort to make sure that that day never comes.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 6, 1964

This country is not going to turn away from the needs of the jobless and the hungry, the poor and the oppressed.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 6, 1964

This country is not going to turn away from the upward course of prosperity or from the urgent hopes of peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 6, 1964

I will continue to support every realistic measure that will bring the world closer to peace without increasing the danger to freedom.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1964

In the months and years ahead, I look forward to an ever closer relationship between our countries: to cooperation for the economic and social benefit of our peoples; and to the fulfillment of our solemn commitments to freedom and peace.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1964

We must subordinate our loyalty to any group to a greater loyalty and commitment to the moral principle upon which this Republic was founded, that is, to freedom and to justice and to the brotherhood of man.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 4, 1964

The peoples of our two great countries understand that fact; history would not forgive us if we did not understand it and act upon it.

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