We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. How incredible it… - Lyndon B. Johnson

There are programs to help badly distressed areas such as the Area Redevelopment Act, and the legislation now being prepared to help Appalachia. There are programs to help those without training find a place in today's complex society--such as the Manpower Development Training Act and the Vocational Education Act for youth. There are programs to protect those who are specially vulnerable to the ravages of poverty--hospital insurance for the elderly, protection for migrant farm workers, a food stamp program for the needy, coverage for millions not now protected by a minimum wage, new and expanded unemployment benefits for men out of work, a Housing and Community Development bill for those seeking decent homes. Finally there are programs which help the entire country, such as aid to education which, by raising the quality of schooling available to every American child, will give a new chance for knowledge to the children of the poor.

I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.

For it is not enough just to give men rights. They must be able to use those rights in their personal pursuit of happiness.