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Lyndon Johnson: “This enemy has discovered what so many others have discovered in the wars America has fought, that the air of liberty…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
This enemy has discovered what so many others have discovered in the wars America has fought, that the air of liberty breeds the best soldier.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport in Dayton, Ohio

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