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Lyndon Johnson: “We knew it was right and necessary to help these poorer countries to a better life if we were to preserve our own good…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1964
We knew it was right and necessary to help these poorer countries to a better life if we were to preserve our own good life and expand the family of the free.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Report on Foreign Assistance Programs

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