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On the recordSeptember 27, 1964
In fact, with the help of Congressman Daddario and Abe Ribicoff, Tom Dodd and John Bailey, and Governor Dempsey, if Connecticut holds its progressive course that you are now following, you will be the first State in the Union to win the war on poverty.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Hartford, Connecticut

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