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Lyndon Johnson: “Education is a national need, and I want to assure you that as long as I am President, the education of your children is…”

On the recordJune 19, 1964
Education is a national need, and I want to assure you that as long as I am President, the education of your children is going to receive top priority by the men who lead your Nation.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Dedication of a New University of California Campus in Irvine

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