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On the recordSeptember 12, 1966
It is true that few men have the power by a single act of theirs or in a single lifetime to shape history for themselves.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at Georgetown University at the Signing of a Bill Extending the Peace Corps Act

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