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Lyndon Johnson: “Mankind must be helped to escape the darkness of poverty, ignorance, and disease.”

On the recordAugust 2, 1966
Mankind must be helped to escape the darkness of poverty, ignorance, and disease.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of William S. Gaud as Administrator, Agency for International Development.

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