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Lyndon Johnson: “I offer you instead this policy: First, our nuclear power must be great enough that any potential enemy understands and…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1964
I offer you instead this policy: First, our nuclear power must be great enough that any potential enemy understands and knows that a nuclear attack would be suicide if he tried it.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on the Steps of the State Capitol, Columbia, South Carolina

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