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On the recordDecember 8, 1964
Unless we can do better, two-thirds of all Americans now living will suffer or will die from cancer, from heart disease, or stroke.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Receiving Report of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke.

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