Washington, D.C.
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“Face the Nation” interview on Vietnam
Share I have found it, over the period of the last eighteen months particularly, very difficult to talk about some of the matters without getting involved in personalities. When I criticized the war in Vietnam in a major speech back in February 1966, after the initial stories, it was placed purely…on the basis of a…
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Televised Press Conference
Tags Share In the last five or six years, the white people have looked at the black people and said, “Look at all we have done. We passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We passed the [Voting] Rights Act of 1965.” “A Negro has been appointed to the Supreme Court. A Negro has been…
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Announcement of candidacy for President
Tags Share I am announcing today my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what…
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Address on Vietnam at the United States Senate
Tags Share Mr. President, I vote for this resolution because our fighting forces in Vietnam and elsewhere deserve the unstinting support of the American government and the American people. I do so in the understanding that, as Senator [John] Stennis [Mississippi] said yesterday: “It is not a blank check…If [the president] substantially enlarges or changes…
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Firearms legislation testimony
Tags Share I am grateful for the opportunity to testify on a matter of deep national interest. Regulation of the sale of firearms is, in my judgment, essential for the safety and welfare of the American people. Every year, thousands of Americans are killed by firearms…The great majority of these deaths and crimes would not…
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Address to the National Committee for Children and Youth Conference in Unemployed
Tags Share Many people have asked me what connection the Department of Justice has with a conference on unemployment concerning out-of-school youths in urban areas. You may be wondering too. The reason is: Today, the Department of Justice, through the Bureau of Prisons, is providing institutional care and treatment for more than five thousand juvenile…
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