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Lyndon Johnson: “We are asking him to attack the root causes of violence and turmoil--poverty, disease, ignorance, and hopelessness.”

On the recordFebruary 27, 1968
We are asking him to attack the root causes of violence and turmoil--poverty, disease, ignorance, and hopelessness.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the Medal of Freedom to Robert S. McNamara

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