Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I am confident that I speak for the people of all the United States when I extend to you felicitations and warmest congratulations on this historic occasion.

Context

Message to the People of Puerto Rico on the 50th Anniversary of the Granting of United States Citizenship.

03/01/1967

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