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On the recordMarch 9, 1966
Unless we begin now to restore the environment in and around our cities, where more than 3 out of 4 people are going to be living in the year 2000, we will be condemning a large part of our population to an ugly, drab, and mechanical fate.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Cape Lookout National Seashore Bill

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