Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Only an America that cares for its sick, offers a helping hand to its poor, and compassion to its old—only this kind of America can really win the respect of those whose destiny is bound up with ours.

Context

Remarks at the Keel Laying of the Submarine Pargo, Groton, Connecticut.

06/02/1964

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