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Lyndon Johnson: “I don't think the day will ever come when the American people will desert those who stand for them on far-off…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
I don't think the day will ever come when the American people will desert those who stand for them on far-off battlefields in the fight for freedom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport, Lawrenceville, Illinois.

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