Lyndon B. Johnson: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, Volum 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965

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Side 27 - To the making of these fateful decisions, the United States pledges before you — and therefore before the world — its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma — to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life.
Side 311 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Side lxviii - I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Side lxxvi - America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
Side lxxv - All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
Side 219 - Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. and that all should have an equal chance.
Side 223 - Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
Side 552 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Side lxxv - First, no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long.
Side 304 - Chairman of the Committee on Water Resources Research of the Federal Council for Science and Technology.