Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
“Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!”
— Lyndon B. Johnson · Aid
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Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!
“Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!”
— Lyndon B. Johnson · Aid
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“Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I'm going to Viet Nam's aid!”
“Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.”
“I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.”
“We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.”
“It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.”
“I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.”
“Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.”
“Aid helps create self-sufficient economies and our trading partners of the future.”
“There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one's cultural superiority.”
“Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.”
“Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context.”
“Through U.K. aid, we will help developing countries to crack down on money laundering and gather more tax - which will reduce their need for our help in the long term.”