48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Follow us on Twitter Twitter cspanhistory for information on our schedule, upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. President obama delivers his state of the Union Address on tuesday, january 20th to a joint session of congress. Now American History tv looks back to 1965 and president lyndon b. Johnsons state of the union speech. Lbj called upon americans to continue on what he called, quote, the road to the Great Society. Proposing a sweeping National Agenda from education to war on deadly diseases to a campaign on pollution. He declared his support for civil rights, specifically the right to vote and the enforcement of civil rights laws providing opportunity for all, including africanamericans. [ applause ] members of the congress. I have the great and personal pleasure high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you, the president of the united states. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , memb
Members of the congress, i have the great and personal pleasure the high privilege, and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] mr. Speaker mr. President members of the congress, my fellow americans, on this hill which was my home i am stirred by old friendships. Though total agreement between the executive and the congress is impossible, total respect is important. I am proud to be among my colleagues the congress, whose legacy to their trust is their loyalty to their nation. I am not unaware of the inner emotions of the new members of this body tonight. 28 years ago, i felt as you do now. You will soon learn that you are among men whose first love is their country. Men who try each day to do as best they can what they believe is right. We are entering the third century of the pursuit of american union. 200 years ago, in 1765, nine assemblied colonies first joined together to demand freedom from arbitrary power. For the first century, we
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