 | United States. Dept. of State - 1968 - 764 lapas
...peace.' At the President close of his speech, the announced that he would not seek reelection this year. "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party as your President," he said. Three days later North Viet-Nam responded to Mr. Johnson's latest peace... | |
 | Erik Barnouw - 1970 - 426 lapas
...presidency to become involved in the partisan divisions that are developing in this political year. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept,...nomination of my party for another term as your President. The speech brought a stunned reaction throughout the world. Morley Safer, from London, reported the... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - 1971 - 1530 lapas
...believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any duties other than the awesome duties oi this office, the presidency of your country. Accordingly,...nomination of my party for another term as your President. But, let men everywhere know, however, that a strong and a confident, a vigilant America stands ready... | |
 | Jim F. Heath - 1975 - 356 lapas
...recommendations, Johnson stunned the nation by stating at the end of his television address on Vietnam, "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." The surprise conclusion of his speech upstaged his announcement that he was ordering a sharp restriction... | |
 | Robert Pisor - 1982 - 324 lapas
...end." And then the President added the words that shocked some of his closest friends and advisers: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President. . . ." Westmoreland felt betrayed. "It was like two boxers in a ring, one having the other on the ropes,... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 lapas
...duties other than the awesome duties of this office — the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, 1 shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President. But let men everywhere know, however, that a strong, a confident, and a vigilant America stands ready... | |
 | Joe Garner, Bill Kurtis - 2002 - 204 lapas
...close attention, Johnson stunned the nation by announcing that he did not intend to run for reelection: "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party as your president." Politicians and political pundits were caught completely off guard by Johnson's... | |
 | Debbie Levy - 2002 - 120 lapas
...to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office—the Presidency of your country. Accordingly, I shall not...nomination of my party for another term as your President." Some people thought Johnson, who lived and breathed politics, would change his mind. How could he give... | |
 | Kurt Ritter, Martin J. Medhurst - 2004 - 252 lapas
...to speak to you of peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia," and ended with the surprising announcement, "Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept,...nomination of my party for another term as your President." 9 Afterwards, the Washington, DC, bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune stated, "history may record... | |
 | David Maraniss - 2003 - 626 lapas
...president himself seemed more upset than at any time since his mother's death. Now, here came the words: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president . . ." The Democratic primary in Wisconsin was held two days later, on April 2. It was common wisdom... | |
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I do not believe that I should devote an hour or a day of my time to any personal partisan causes or to any duties other than the awesome duties of this office — the Presidency of your country. 
