Lyndon Johnson said "So, we are committed to win the wars that we have declared on the ancient enemies of mankind: ignorance, illiteracy, poverty, and disease." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 21, 1965

So, we are committed to win the wars that we have declared on the ancient enemies of mankind: ignorance, illiteracy, poverty, and disease.

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Remarks to the Members of the World Press Institute

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