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Lyndon Johnson: “If you would move America forward, I think you must first move its private citizens forward--and chief among them is the…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1968
If you would move America forward, I think you must first move its private citizens forward--and chief among them is the American businessman.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Cyrus R. Smith as Secretary of Commerce.

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