Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We face a great task, publicly and privately, of catching up with our full potential and making life as good as it can be and making life as good as it should be for this generation of Americans.

Context

Remarks Upon Signing the Urban Mass Transportation Act

07/08/1964

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