Meaning of Great Society | Babel Free

Definitions

A series of programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson to eliminate poverty in the United States.

US, historical

Examples

“[W]ith […] your desire, we will build⟳ the Great Society. It is a Society where no child will go unfed [or] unschooled. Where no man who wants work⟳ will fail⟳ to find⟳ it. Where no citizen will be barred from any door because of his birthplace or his color or his church. Where peace and security is common among neighbors and […] nations.”

“We built the campaign strategy around a progressive program⟳, the program⟳ that formed the framework of the Great Society. The Great Society was never, in my mind⟳, just a visionary Utopian ideal. I considered it a realistic outline of what this nation could achieve⟳ in a limited period of time if we marshaled our will and committed our resources.”

“[…] The Great Society was given a blank check. It bounced. While some of the poor advanced over the last⟳ twenty-five years, most who did so succeeded the old-fashioned way—by their own⟳ efforts. Most inner-city poor are worse off today than they were before President Johnson launched the Great Society.”

“This required a legislative program⟳, the Great Society, that would complete⟳ the New Deal⟳ and earn⟳ LBJ a place⟳ alongside FDR in the pantheon of heroic Democratic reformers.”

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