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- times -- and finally, after sorne pers:tstent phone calls, and devious tec:hniques tbrough daughter and friends, she agreed to my request. I am especially happy that four very irnportant gl'andsons are on band for there are many people in this room who
- in the country to discuss what constructive action can be taken. Many times Lynda, Luci, and I have sat in the same room where John Adams sat with his wife to listen in. Because of these sessions, I believe your children and mine will grow up in a happier
- is that you have developed the one resource that ie least exhauatible: your natural beauty. This is a wise and farsighted investment. As today's generations a!"e frear than these before them, so future gene rations are going to have even more free time
- a sense of national heritage which stems from this man. Jefferson was a most conspicuous apostle of democracy. He expresoed the hopes and ideals of his time in his person, ht s words and in his faith in the equality of man. This house attracts me aa few
- remember !eading a small girl by the hand into Children's Hospital for a minor operation that never theless could have bee n serious., A few hours later, happy and relieved, we walked out. That event is repeated thousands of times here: the '" scared child
Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Restoration Luncheon, the White House, 10/15/1968"
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- and sparlding autumn days driving through Vi rginia or exploring around Texas, or seeking !and marks all across tbis vast land.. There was a marvelous time with Mr 0 Henry DuPont at Winterthur. There the treasures of this country in furniture, fabric, china
- Cabinet officers. I am happy to have with me today the wives tot\: three members of the Cabinet who are typical of the hard-working wives of members of this administration and women everywhere who give time to their communities. In Washington these ladies
- and their community and willing to use their time and talents to do something about it. I 1d like them to stand up and take a bow, The wife of our Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara -- Margie McNamara; the wife of our Secretary 0£ Agriculture Orville Freeman
- and allegiance of its s tudents. Two years later, in 1885, when the first class was graduated, these new alumni got together immediately and orga nized The Ex-Students' Asso ciation, pledging themselves always t o give of their time, talent and m eans t o build
- time to read you the thousands of se r ious letters from c i vic beautification committees, ga r den clubs and conservationi s ts who report their activities. They a re thrilling -- filled with ideas which we try to p ass on. And t hey are evidence
- . Frank Rose to guide it through these changing and demanding times. You have gathered here because you know that Alabama, like the rest of our country, is in transition. Your conference theme recognizes that the decade of the sixties offers both
- faiths. They came over to the White Hou~e to talk about forming a Job Corps for Girls. We had quite a time finding a place to meet that day. Every room was filled with meetings or tourists. · Lyndon had even booked the Rose Garden. Ther~· ·a re days when
- will justify his faith in you. It is a good time to be a woman. I am proud to be in the company of so many women who, as members of the great working f o rce of our country, have added stature and distinction to our r ecord. It is more that c oincide nce
- wi ves of members of this administration and women everywhere who give t i me t o their communities . They have also gi ven help to poss i ble school drop-outs by sitting hour after hour with youngsters of low -income and some times broken families
- ' ·in Los Angeles who told me about an unnamed bus driver who had è'\even minutes to wait at the end of bis line. He used the time, first to pickup trash and litter, and then to bring g rass and flower seeds and plant them. By using just a few minutes
- and with beauty in our steps. " I am proud to have the se hour s to get to know many of you a little better, and to see your works. We are all living in exdting times. We are living in an age that puts new premium on bèz.uty -- whether it is man-made, or natural
- . And for the first time, men are teaching in Canada School. And as a souvenir of our meeting, and of the Preside~t's interest in this hopeful venture, I have brought some "apples for teacher 11 - - golden apples, syrnbolizing their membership in the Teacher Corps
- for a long time. Their leadership and their gifts have made the magic begin. It takes that kind of commitment to make a city grow the way we want it to grow a.nd change the way we want it to change. It will take help on your part to keep the magic alive. How
- , the water that you touch is the last of what has passed, and the first of that which is to corne; so it is with the present tirne." So it is with Hemism ir. Now it is my privilege to start this symbolic waterfall for the first time. May all who corne here
- where people can not . only prosper but where they can see and feel the beauty of our time and place. lt gives me special pleasure to see that it is a service-oriented business club that is l eading the way. lt has been said that: "In the country, people
- with men. But she wants to be ... while being equally involve d -- preemi nently a woman, a wife, a mother, a thinking citizen. Time has broug:it the emergence of the woman with the dual role, but necessity first created her in the expanding West. As we
- down muddy banks into dark, enchanted bayous. While we fished through the long summer days, we enjoy e d the illusion that time was standing still. But time never stands still. I grew up, went to college and married a tall Texan. My horizons have b een
- of rugged mountains fronted by deep, blue water. By the calendar of man 1s existence, J ackson Hole has had a very short history. From the nomadic Indian to the wandering trapper to the pioneer rancher to the setting now before me is but a moment of time
- of your state have contributed to the defense of the free world. It is also significant that it was at the small community of Arco where atomic ene rgy was used for the first time to supply the electricity and lighting for an entire community. Eastern
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, 8/20/1964"
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- know that Campobello is unique. Its name has become synonymous with greatness. In a troubled time, it stands as witness to our unfortified boundaries and to our friendship with our generous Canadian neighbors. As an American, the journey to Campobello
- of Fredericksburg and nearby c ounties are looking to future needs -- and preparing to meet them in time. - 1 : ( .... . .. ... " I heard with interest of yotr Salem Church Dam Project which will conserve that resource that every Texan appreciates water
- to 300, 000. And on all fronts, women's organizations are eager to g ive time in the 1, 000 communities where programs will get u.n derway on July 1. ~lunteer This response is a great joy to all of us. The President has asked me to thank all of you
- will be t~=:.il ~d to b~ar ci.bm.:.t. the program. There is now a wav all o: t~em can help either i n encoaraging a child to attend or in giving volunteer time at foe p r ojects. Hea.d Start is the pr~gram organized and adminis tered by tb.e waich will gi·1e
- bestowed upon me. I shall treas u re it and remember always thia spring evening when this great city is filled with blossoms and music . No one can drive through N ew York at this time of year .... as \", I have done this afternoon -- without realizing
- to respond to loving care . It has been a brief time since the start of Head Start. Its measure will be seen years f.rom now when these children have progressed - - most hopefully - - through school toward a happy and self-reliant adulthood. All of its
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Stage - East Room, 9/29/1965"
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- and President Buchanan was host to entire companies of opera stars . In the time of President Theodore Roosevelt these very walls vibrated to the magic of Enrico Caruso and to the power of Paderewski. So you can see there have long been ties between the White
- . What is it that prompts us all? Since the beginning of time, man turned to nature -- for inspiration, for joy, for solace. The psalms and the poetry · throughout our history recount the strength from the hills and the peace from the waters which comes
- educational vistas ? There was a time when a library was viewed as a cold storage locker for books; a time when the watchword of the librarian was "Silence PJ.ease . " There is the story told about John Langdon Sibley, a librarian at H a rvard in the 19th
- long to answer: "You ask if it will work to invest some time and money in the kids of this country? l remember 40 years ago in Cleveland. Tbere was a group of young boys -- out on the streets. They were ripe for trouble. But a young teacher, Miss Jesse
- slums, ghettos, littered roads. But we should remember, perhaps, that our word "criais" cornes from the Greek word for decision. A time of difficulty calls for dêcisions - and this ti me calls on us to choose: between apathy and action in cities
- , not oniy within the seashore areas, but on its commercial fringes, to make man 1s structures in harmony with na,ture 1 So The time and thought inve sted in s uc h d atails as whel"e the roads will thread the island, where build ings ·w!ll b e in harmony
- grew up in a uaii rural tonn. This was the important pl a ce and S aturday afternoons wer e the important time. You drovc to to1m, circled. the sc;_u a re over and ove r to see what was happening in the world • iLrid yo u probably bought a double-dip
- of time and thought tbey represent -- must continue. And they must increase, for population is going to increase; awareness is going to increase; products and their packages are going to increase. Sur ely it is time for Americans to cure the litterbug
- am glad and grateful to have the opportunity to play a role in this campaign. The writer, E. B. White, has remarked: "Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. 11 This is our faith
- -- and where -- do young people, ar1d mothers, and little children, and weary executives use their precious hours of leisure time ? A little over a year ago, some of you wèze here for the White House Conference on Natural Beauty which was called by my huaband