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Lyndon Johnson: “Our aim must be good—and for that we need guidance and discriminate judgment, as well as exhortation.”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1966
Our aim must be good—and for that we need guidance and discriminate judgment, as well as exhortation.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Brookings Institution.

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