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On the recordFebruary 9, 1966
We are a Nation of differences, and the values and principles that protect those differences are the source of a unity far more lasting and strong than any contrived harmony could ever be.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the National Medal of Science Presentation Ceremony.

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We spent the afternoon hearing from Ambassador Bunker and going over a series of questions that we raised with him largely relating to the relationship between our Government and the South Vietnamese Government.

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Ambassador Bunker will be returning to South Vietnam when our meetings here are concluded.

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No man could serve where I have served now for more than 4 years and 5 long months--in this great office of all the people--without sensing that we are once again in 'a new time.'

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