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Lyndon Johnson: “I want now to challenge you--to challenge you to develop and apply that quality of excellence which is within you.”

On the recordJune 9, 1964
I want now to challenge you--to challenge you to develop and apply that quality of excellence which is within you.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the First Presidential Scholars Awards

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