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Lyndon Johnson: “This little community has entertained heads of states, Chancellors, Presidents, and camel drivers because we do not…”

On the recordDecember 28, 1963
This little community has entertained heads of states, Chancellors, Presidents, and camel drivers because we do not measure men by their power or their wealth here; we measure them by their love of freedom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Stonewall, Texas, at a Barbecue in Honor of Chancellor Erhard

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