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Lyndon Johnson: “In the words of a great President, Abraham Lincoln, 'with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1968
In the words of a great President, Abraham Lincoln, 'with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Conference on Foreign Policy for Leaders of National Nongovernmental Organizations.

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