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Lyndon Johnson: “They are the shots that did not sound, the blood that did not spill, the treasure that did not have to be spent to stamp…”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1968
They are the shots that did not sound, the blood that did not spill, the treasure that did not have to be spent to stamp out spreading flames of violence.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Reports on the Foreign Assistance Program for 1966 and 1967.

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