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Lyndon Johnson: “It is a willingness to leave forever those national rivalries which so often led to the useless squandering of lives and…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1966
It is a willingness to leave forever those national rivalries which so often led to the useless squandering of lives and treasure in war.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Foreign Service Institute.

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