“In a land of great wealth, families must not live in hopeless poverty.
In a land rich in harvest, children just must not go hungry.
In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suffer and die untended.
In a great land of learning and scholars, young people must be taught to read and write.”--Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 Inaugural Address.

I really thought things would change for the better when I heard that. I was 13 at the time.

Now I wonder;

Why did it take so long for a president to say that?
Why was there so much opposition to that at the time?
Why does the audience look so bored?
How did we fall so short of that ideal?