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On the recordOctober 6, 1965
Too many blind people are condemned to a life of frustration because we have been willing to accept as fact that they can do no more.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of Proclamation 'White Cane Safety Day, 1965.'

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