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On the recordMarch 30, 1966
The loneliest moment I ever had in my life was when I learned that my mother was gone from me, because of this terrible disease.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Launching of the 1966 Cancer Crusade.

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