1966
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
Even as in the drive toward bigness and concentration, the city has reached heights never before dreamt of in the past, we have come suddenly to realize how heavy a price we have paid
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
There is simply not enough room in the big cities; and it is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people
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Remarks before the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations of the United States Senate
The city is not just housing and stores. It is not just education and employment, parks and theaters, banks and shops.
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Address at the University of California, Berkeley Campus
All of us have the right to dissipate our energies and talent as we desire. But those who are serious about the future have the obligation to direct those energies and talents toward concrete objectives consistent with the ideas they profess. From those of you who take that course will come the fresh ideas and…
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Television interview in the WTTG studios of the Metromedia Television Network
I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware and to read the responsible newspapers and periodicals which discuss national and international issues, and which themselves make an effort to distinguish between extremist exploitation of issues and legitimate debate and discussion.
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Address at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Convention, Miami Beach, Florida
It is not easy, in the middle of one’s life or political career, to say that the old horizons are too limited—that our education must begin again. But neither are the challenges ahead easy. The best responses will not be easily found; nor once found, will they command unanimous agreement. But the possibilities of greatness…
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Speech in South Africa
In the past five years the winds of change have blown as fiercely in the United States as anywhere in the world, and they will not—they cannot—abate.
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Speech at Worthington, Minnesota
In such a fantastic and dangerous world—we will not find answers in old dogmas, by repeating outworn slogans, or fighting on ancient battlegrounds against fading enemies long after the real struggle has moved on.
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Address at the New York City Columbus Day Dinner
An America piled high with gold, and clothed in impenetrable armor, yet living among desperate and poor nations in a chaotic world, could neither guarantee its own security nor pursue the dream of a civilization devoted to the fulfillment of man.
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Statement to the Senate on July 12, 1966
The major danger from air pollution is one of health. Most of us know that carbon monoxide in a closed garage can kill us but fewer know of the indirect dangers.
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Statement to the Senate on July 12, 1966
We can make progress in our efforts to control air pollution only if we establish a Federal safety code for the major pollutants.
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