Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I would say this, that I know that you are glad that you are American citizens, but you are also, and you can always be very proud that you have Mexican blood in your veins.

Context

Remarks in San Antonio at a Reception Honoring Representative Henry Gonzalez

11/20/1965

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