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Lyndon Johnson: “We hear of wars and rumors of wars, but too often the clod and steady work of achieving peace goes unnoticed in this…”

On the recordMay 12, 1965
We hear of wars and rumors of wars, but too often the clod and steady work of achieving peace goes unnoticed in this world in which we live.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the National Review Board for the East-West Center.

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