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Lyndon Johnson: “But we are not going to the American people and tell them that they never had it so good, or don't rock the boat, or…”

On the recordJune 26, 1964
But we are not going to the American people and tell them that they never had it so good, or don't rock the boat, or let's keep what we have, or stand pat, or keep cool.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in St. Paul at the Minnesota State Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Convention.

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