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On the recordDecember 14, 1966
But let us here tonight dedicate this Christmas tree with hope and great confidence.
Said by
Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree

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No man could serve where I have served now for more than 4 years and 5 long months--in this great office of all the people--without sensing that we are once again in 'a new time.'

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So, not as partisans, not as Democrats, and not as Republicans, but only and always as Americans let us look to the good that has been wrought.

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