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On the recordJune 27, 1964
Today, as always, if a nation is to keep its freedom it must be prepared to risk war.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Annual Swedish Day Picnic, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis

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