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Lyndon Johnson: “The time for talking and dreaming and philosophizing and writing platforms is gone, and the time for doing things…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1965
The time for talking and dreaming and philosophizing and writing platforms is gone, and the time for doing things instead of talking about them is here.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in New York City Before the Convention of the National Education Association.

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