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Lyndon Johnson: “And what is that case? It is simply that there is no rest from the trials of freedom, there is no recalling what the…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1966
And what is that case? It is simply that there is no rest from the trials of freedom, there is no recalling what the pace of change has done to the map of this big world, there is no reducing our responsibilities while the challenges of progress will not permit us to name the site for our duel or the weapons that we use.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Asian Development Bank Act

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