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On the recordMay 3, 1965
Whether it be in Viet-Nam, where a brave people struggle for their own freedom, or whether it is in the Dominican Republic, where the spoilers of freedom have plundered and killed, this Nation--your country--will do what is right, and will do what is just, and will do what is needed, when it is needed.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Dinner Meeting of the Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.

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