Lyndon B. Johnson

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If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vietnam War Media American politics

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Comment to his press secretary George Christian. 27 Feb. 1968, Washington, DC, USA.

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Quoted in The Powers That Be, by David Halberstam. University of Illinois Press, 2000, pt. 3.

I don't want loyalty. I want loyalty. I want him to kiss my ass in Macy's window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses. I want his pecker in my pocket.

Lyndon B. Johnson

On a prospective assistant.

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Loyalty

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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English

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1967 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Lyndon Johnson demanding loyalty from a potential White House hire. c. 1967, Washington, DC, USA.

For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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American frontier American character

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential inaugural address

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1965 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We still seek no wider war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vietnam War

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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English

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1964 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Speech on the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. 4 Aug. 1964, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vietnam War American politics

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Broken promise Promises and vows

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English

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1964 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Remarks in Memorial Hall. 21 Oct. 1964, Memorial Hall, Akron University, Akron, OH, USA.

Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope—some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1964 State of the Union

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Poverty American politics

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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1964 State of the Union Presidential State of the Union address

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1964 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "State of the Union Address." Joint congress meeting. 8 Jan. 1964, US Capital Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

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The past The future Tomorrow Clean slate

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

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English

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1963 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Thanksgiving message. 28 Nov. 1963, Washington, DC, USA.

Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck to its side like colored maps. We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way.

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Absurdity of war The earth

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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English

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1965 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and in our own union. We believe that every man must some day be free.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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American character America

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential inaugural address

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English

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1965 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

This Nation--this generation--in this hour, has man's first chance to build the Great Society--a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

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Social democracy Role of government American politics

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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English

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1964 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Address accepting the presidential nomination. Democratic National Convention. 27 Aug. 1964, Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Racial equality Equality Civil rights American politics

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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English

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1963 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. First address to Congress as President. 27 Nov. 1963, US Capital Building, Washington, DC, USA.