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Lyndon Johnson: “From the moment that you take your oath, your job will be to cup your hands about the flame of our Nation's genius.”

On the recordMarch 2, 1966
From the moment that you take your oath, your job will be to cup your hands about the flame of our Nation's genius.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of the Chairman and Members of the National Council on the Humanities.

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