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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House Reception Unveiling the New White House China, 5/9/1968" (Item)

, sbe started the china collection - - gathering pieces together from past ad ministrations. 1 hope you will see that co!lection in the China Room. Also, I love the border pattern of goldenrod and corn ehe selected for her own china. It speaks

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968" (Item)

seeds, a."l.d sowing them along roadsides andin one particular pasture at the ranch. The effect is glorious in the spring a.nd 1 look forward to doing more. Someday, if your paths lead you that way, I hope to show you the tapestry of bluebonnets

Press release, "Excerpts from Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the James Polk Birthplace Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 5/20/1968" (Item)

find them. I hope we can encourage them and give them o pportuni ty. more , . The experiment has worked. The stars in their eyes matcbed tbe stars in their new flag. They brought tbeir genius as well as tbeir hearts. Albert Einstein, Andrew Carnegie

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Columbia Island at the Department of Interior Auditorium, 11/12/1968" (Item)

and dauntless enthusiasm of Secretary Udall who thfok ~.. such things can be done, and continuous and devoted stewardship of the Park Service. The nature poet William Cullen Bryant wrote many years ago, ''The groves were God 1 s first temples." I hope

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Naturalization Ceremony, East Room, the White House, 11/22/1968" (Item)

wiU begin a trip across the country. As we travel these next fe ·‫ וו‬daya, 1 hope we will see ways in which Ameri ca haa b e come a b etter place for our citizens to lead better and fuller lives. Wbat we will see is not pcrfection; wbat we wiU see

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, University of Utah Commencement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

, leBs than three years after your pioneers entered this valley, the embodiment of your dreams and hopes, a place where you can acquire t b.e tools to strengthen this region a nd thi.:J nation. The spirit of the pioneers who opened up this beautiful

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

years in the Vice Presidency - plus what a wife can only describe as a lot of determination, energy and devotion to his job -- these will all help solve the problems that face our country. I am proud of this record. it. ###### -2 I hope y ou

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

in Washington who care '!\>out the people of the South, their problems and their hopes. And it takes citizens here at home with a vision of the future. We face many problems together. Peace is one and economic prosperity is another. We have reached good

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Waycross, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

. It is a record I am proud of, I believe you approve of and I hope you will want to continue. ####

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas, 10/19/1964" (Item)

Yarborough , and all the others in the Democratic column . I believe they have kept us on a steady course of moving ahead meeting problems and not retreating from them . and I hope you want it to continue. I entrus t that decision to your hands. I am proud

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)

and the Empire. Vienna is the handiwork of the Hapsburgs , and Florence of the Medici. Can a g r eat democratic societ y generate the concerted drive to plan, and havin:g planned to execute great projects of beauty? I not only hope so - - I am certain that it can

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

the vi.llage green, the courthouse square, the mali, the most beloved place in town. - 3 MORE Wberever you go, whatever you atudy, 1 hope that many of you will aeriouely consider ma.king America•s beauty a full-time vocation. Seldom have 1 had a keener

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Little Rock, Arkansas, 10/27/1964" (Item)

their life work . Henry Adams said: "A teacher affects eternity; be can never tell where his influence stops. 11 Let's hope that i nfluence never stops because the educated person is more in demand today than ever before. Not only do we need technicians

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, University of Alabama and American Association of University Women Leadership Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2/25/1966" (Item)

years been its director. MORE , , Who doesn't thdll over the miracle of Helen Keller of Tuscumbia whose indomitable spirit has given hope and encourage ment to handicapped people throughout the world. L-1. your State Capital you have a g reat

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, National Convention of American Home Economics Association, Detroit, Michigan, 6/24/1964" (Item)

, was an experience we shall n ever forget. For me, it wa s the beginning of seeing how politics can bring tangible results. I always hope that the very best of our people will go into politics, and I am sure that some of our best are women. It was for this r eason

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)

flowers bloom. so does hope -- and hope is the precious, indispensable ingredient without which the war on po verty can never be won. In our city areas. where people work, we may achieve a semblance of efficiency in a g reat, ur.relieved complex

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Point Reyes National Seashore, 9/20/1966" (Item)

for the na tion. I hope it wil.l be protected from bumper-to-bumper traffic, , a nd rema in always a place of peace. For one of the d ominant facts of modern timec i s tha t Americans , who, trad itioually , have bcen clo se to the l a nd, now live and work

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Middlebury College Commencement Exercises, Middlebury, Vermont, 6/12/1967" (Item)

to prepare to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you irnpoverish yourself if you forget the errand." I believe

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gonzales, Texas Concluding Trip with Foreign Journalists, 4/9/1968" (Item)

. In many u ays, it still is. For from the small to"l-ms of America wi th their courthouse s o_u a r es come rnuch of the s pirit and hope o f our country. Therc are, acro s::o this lan d , 17, 000 t01ms about the s ize of thi s on e . To di s cover ~-j

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Restoration Luncheon, the White House, 10/15/1968" (Item)

, and others because all heritage-minded Americane know your deeds. 1 hoped we could gather thie afternoon „ . in a house where history is treasu!"ed and history is made -- to sbare a bit of fellowship and compare notes on tbe pa.ce of preservation. So much has

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Keep America Beautiful Awards Luncheon, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, 11/19/1968" (Item)

a.nti-litter efforts during the past four years• I am convinced we must find packaging that wiU disintegrate or is worth re deeming. A number of packaging concerns are represented on the Board of Keep America Beautiful, and 1 hope son‫ז‬e day soon

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965" (Item)

of these freshmen was asked to give a tribute at a dinner in Washington. I would like to read from that tribute now, and in doing so, to dedicate this statue to all new members of the 89th Congress and all future Congresses in hopes that -- like Sam Rayburn

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Vista Graduation, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2/26/1965" (Item)

is poor means that he needs the help of others -- that he probably lacks the education and often the hopefulness to lift himself unaided. Changing his lot is a decidedly practical matter for everyone. Millions of the impoverished place a heavy drag

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to American Institute of Park Executives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)

of the areas we have staked out. That is why I hope you who are the key to the knowledge of nature will continue to open new door a to us. I was so g lad to hear about several park systems which hired 14 and 16 year old boys this summer in a Youth Workreation

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Opening of University of Texas Round-Up Showcase, 3/30/1966" (Item)

, but also the totality of human experience and the sum of human hope. Rather possessively, and in a proprietary fashion, I want to see my University excel in this new Age of the University. I am delighted to be able to say, what you all know so well

Press release, "Text of Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Convocation, Texas Womans University, on Receipt of Doctor of Laws Degree, 3/31/1964" (Item)

not exist, however remote, where you are without the r evolution of rising expectations of women. I think women want to help their countries find the way to peace more than ever before. And that is why I hope we in this country ..... you

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, YWCA National Convention Cleveland, Ohio, 4/20/1964" (Item)

are engaged in an attack on the slums, instead of our fellow man; that our hands are free to pick up the plowshare, is evidence that we live in an envied hour in historyo Our battlecry of hope is that while 30 years a g o a President could stand up and say one

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 10/24/1964" (Item)

or in conjunction with others, by your talents or by your powers of perseverance -- and sometimes by both -- as women you will a dd to your deeds the grace of understanding and the strength of your hopes. For it is women who will give the Great Society its

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lamar State Technological College, Beaumont, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

forget thi s visit. Standing with all of you here in this state that is my home , cannot leave without speaki ng to you of the things that are closest to my heart . I have shared my husband's politi cal hopes and dreams for 29 years , and although

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 6/3/1965" (Item)

of teaching in what seemed to me a far-off, exotic place like Alaska or Hawaii. And I was a journalism major, with vague hopes of finding a place in those alluring news rooms where the clatter of events constantly breaks over typewriters. But whatever I

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Baccalaureate Address, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., 6/9/1964" (Item)

. Happy women, with a sense of what they can do and where they are going , must create the homes in which children can learn young that habit of happiness which , more than anything else, lessens the darker strain in human nature and gives us hope

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, American Road Builders Association, Denver, Colorado, 2/23/1966" (Item)

-- the lasting quality of greatness. Today, millions of Americans have been travelling fat' and near and iooking at their new highway systems with fresh eyes. A few rnom:hs ago when the Highway Beautification Act became law, it marked the beginning of wh~t I hope