Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 2, 1966
We will build you not promises, but we put it there in concrete and steel.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival in Charleston, W. Va., on Beginning a Trip in West Virginia and Pennsylvania

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