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On the recordSeptember 12, 1966
So I would hope in these critical days when things are going rough and some people are inclined to give up, and some get frustrated, and some get impatient, and some get critical, and some even complain about themselves, their associations, their families, their churches, their communities, their government, I would hope that they could each engage in introspection and say to themselves: What else can I do to help other people?
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at Georgetown University at the Signing of a Bill Extending the Peace Corps Act

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