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Lyndon Johnson: “Both our nations have the deep-felt obligation to the basic dignity of man--and the conviction that people can solve…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1966
Both our nations have the deep-felt obligation to the basic dignity of man--and the conviction that people can solve their problems by free choice far better than they can by any arrangement of force.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Gandhi of India

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