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Lyndon Johnson: “Arms can never make us invulnerable, nor our enemies invincible, but the support that we give to education can make…”

On the recordMay 12, 1965
Arms can never make us invulnerable, nor our enemies invincible, but the support that we give to education can make freedom irresistible.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the National Review Board for the East-West Center.

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