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Lyndon Johnson: “We will keep moving toward a nation where every man can find work and a fair reward for his labor, where the old can…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1964
We will keep moving toward a nation where every man can find work and a fair reward for his labor, where the old can live in decency and the poor can reach for dignity, where no man suffers from fear or hatred and where every man can seek fulfillment and hope.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Atlantic City at the Convention of the United Steelworkers of America

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