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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

It is my view that the Vice President ought to be a very intimate, close part of the Chief Executive's responsibilities, and work with him in discharging them.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

No Americans have an opportunity--or an obligation--so great as yours now to serve and to help us shape the future of our country.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

This is a great and golden moment for America--a moment to lay aside the burdens of the past, a moment to look forward and to move ahead.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

He has helped us build, and he has helped us organize, and he has helped us maintain the world's greatest air arm which has preserved peace through all these years.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

Well done on your first career, General McKee; and good luck on your second career, General McKee.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

I haven't talked to the author and I haven't discussed the subject with anyone else.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

The simple and sure truth of our times is that America in this decade must enlarge, must broaden, must deepen its commitment to the classroom as the central core of our society and of our success.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 29, 1964

I would like for him to be a man of the people who felt a compassionate concern for their welfare and who enjoyed public service and was dedicated to it.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Jul 27, 1964

President Johnson recalled the long-standing friendly relations that have existed between Americans and Malagasy and expressed his conviction that this visit would serve to further cement these ties.

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

We are going to be as cooperative and as helpful as we can in an attempt to see that the people of that area have as good a government as is possible.

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