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On the recordJuly 19, 1965
We mean to win the wars that we have declared: the wars against poverty, the wars against ignorance, the wars against disease, the wars against discrimination and bias and bigotry.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the American Field Service Students on the Eve of Their Departure From the United States.

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