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Lyndon Johnson: “Our challenge is not to turn back or to look aside--but to go ahead to the work that will make this a better and finer…”

On the recordAugust 30, 1964
Our challenge is not to turn back or to look aside--but to go ahead to the work that will make this a better and finer land for all of us.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Telephone Remarks to the Convention of the Plasterers' Union

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