Political Quotes

On the recordJune 16, 1965
From that perspective, when the sun shines in all of its purity, how small, how meaningless seem the differences among men and among nations down below.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Ceremony in the State Department Auditorium in Honor of the Gemini 4 Astronauts.

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