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Lyndon Johnson: “So to those who ask what our present struggle in Vietnam really means, let me say: Our purpose is to demonstrate to the…”

On the recordMarch 14, 1966
So to those who ask what our present struggle in Vietnam really means, let me say: Our purpose is to demonstrate to the remaining advocates of violence that there is more human profit to be had from peace than there is from war.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Supplemental Military Authorization Bill

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