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Lyndon Johnson: “Why can't we have a political settlement? Why can't we understand our fellow human beings? Why can't we negotiate a…”

On the recordApril 25, 1967
Why can't we have a political settlement? Why can't we understand our fellow human beings? Why can't we negotiate a solution? Why do men have to die?
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Members of the American Physical Society.

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