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Lyndon Johnson: “The price for civilization must be paid in hard work and must be paid in sorrow and in blood--and the price is not too…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1968
The price for civilization must be paid in hard work and must be paid in sorrow and in blood--and the price is not too high.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the Medal of Honor to Maj. Robert J. Modrzejewski and 2d Lt. John J. McGinty III, USMC

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