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Lyndon Johnson: “Never before within the memory of any person here have the American people been asked to make a basic and radical…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1964
Never before within the memory of any person here have the American people been asked to make a basic and radical departure from the beliefs and values which are the source of our economic health and our hopes for peace.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Station in Alexandria, Va., at the Start of Mrs. Johnson's Trip Through the South

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