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Lyndon Johnson: “But we have not yet seen that we can keep our air and our water pure and healthy while we do it.”

On the recordNovember 19, 1967
But we have not yet seen that we can keep our air and our water pure and healthy while we do it.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Birth of the 200 Millionth American

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