Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We cannot accept their logic that tyranny 10,000 miles away is not tyranny to concern us, or that subjugation by an armed minority in Asia is different from subjugation by an armed minority in Europe.

Context

Remarks of Welcome to Vietnamese Leaders Upon Arriving at Honolulu International Airport

02/05/1966

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