Lyndon Johnson actually said...

This means more time to prepare for our retaliatory strike and more time for us to decide, to decide with prudence and reason, the scope and the extent of our retaliatory strike.

Context

Remarks in Sacramento on the Steps of the State Capitol

09/16/1964

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