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Lyndon Johnson: “It is not possible--and it is not right--to neglect a people's hopes because the ocean is vast, or their culture is…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1966
It is not possible--and it is not right--to neglect a people's hopes because the ocean is vast, or their culture is alien, or their language may be strange, or their race different, or their skin another color.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Asian Development Bank Act

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