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Lyndon Johnson: “The need of man--the need of these times in which we live--is not for arms races, and it is not for moon races.”

On the recordJune 16, 1965
The need of man--the need of these times in which we live--is not for arms races, and it is not for moon races.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Presentation of NASA Exceptional Service Awards Following the Flight of Gemini 4.

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