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On the recordDecember 8, 1964
We must begin to think about the future--about the year 2000--about the foundations we must put in place for a larger, more complex, more challenging America for our children and our children's children.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Reception for the New Democrats in Congress.

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