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Lyndon Johnson: “And we are going to use all the skill and all the energy that God has given us in order to keep these doors of…”

On the recordJune 26, 1964
And we are going to use all the skill and all the energy that God has given us in order to keep these doors of opportunity open for every child in the land.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in St. Paul at the Minnesota State Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Convention.

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