Lyndon Johnson: “The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the…”

On the recordApril 2, 1967

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.

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Toasts of the President and President Sunay of Turkey

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I hope that our countries are always as close as they are today.

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