Lyndon Johnson actually said...

A President has no greater duty than to use every strength and talent to keep America as a land to which many will want to come--and none will want to leave.

Context

Remarks on Immigration Policy to a Group Interested in the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Commemorative Stamp.

09/17/1964

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