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On the recordOctober 13, 1965
This is an attack from which we cannot turn back, for to do so would be to condemn thousands of our fellow citizens to lives of degradation and despair.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter Commending Federal and Local Groups Participating in an Urban Renewal Project in New York City.

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Apr 9, 1968

This is a victory for every American because the only true path to progress for a free people is the one we will take when this legislation is made the law of the land.

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