Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I believe the next legislative program must make important progress toward enriching the quality of American life and strengthening our capacity for leadership among peoples devoted to the ideals of a just, decent and peaceful world.

Context

Memorandum on the Budget Preview and Program Planning for Fiscal Year 1967

05/13/1965

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