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Lyndon Johnson: “I believe that the time will come--and sooner perhaps than many believe--when men will turn from the works of violence…”

On the recordOctober 19, 1967
I believe that the time will come--and sooner perhaps than many believe--when men will turn from the works of violence and take up the ways of peace.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma of Laos

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