"War on Poverty" (August 29, 1963)

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"This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty."
--President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union address, 8 January 1964.

   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 29 August 1963, cols. 1-3 headline:

_Viet Nam:  The War on Poverty_

(I think we lost the war...HOW ABOUT A WAR ON THE STOCK MARKET?  I'VE LOST HALF OF MY NET WORTH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR!  I'M GOING BANANAS!  IT'S NOT LIKE THIS ETYMOLOGY GIG PAYS THE BILLS!  I GOT MURDERED TODAY!--ed.)