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Lyndon Johnson: “I believe that you feel as I do that we have a wonderful country, that we cannot just take things for granted and sit in…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1964
I believe that you feel as I do that we have a wonderful country, that we cannot just take things for granted and sit in a rocking chair and let the rest of the world go by.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to a Group of Representatives of Fraternal Organizations

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