Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United States (Democrat, TX), State of the Union message, January 8, 1964
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The “War on Poverty” had an intellectual precursor.
The "Great Depression" began the following year.
The War on Poverty made substantial gains in reducing the percentage of poor people in America, but from 2000 till this statement in 2013, the economic policies and practices, together with the Great Recession, increased the assets of the richest Americans and also increased the percentage of poor Americans. See {634008}.
She improved the economy considerably but was stuck in a socialized economic ideology that inhibited major private sector growth, without which it is impossible to eliminate poverty and with which excessive greed can also produce poverty.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, in office from 1963 to 1969. He served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963 and assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson was also a United States representative and later majority leader in the United States Senate. Johnson is one of only four people to have served, at various times, in all four federal elected positions.
