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Lyndon Johnson: “We cannot hold freedom less dear in Asia than in Europe or be less willing to sacrifice for men whose skin just happens…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 1966
We cannot hold freedom less dear in Asia than in Europe or be less willing to sacrifice for men whose skin just happens to be a different color!
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Atlantic City at the Convention of the American Association of School Administrators

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