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On the recordJuly 20, 1965
It really was the instrument which took a boy from the countryside of Texas and opened to him the boundless dreams and the opportunities of American life.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Delegates to the White House Conference on Education.

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