On the recordMarch 9, 1966
We can't leave it as we found it, but we can improve on what we have.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “We can't leave it as we found it, but we can improve on what we have.”
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Remarks at the Signing of the Cape Lookout National Seashore Bill
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