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On the recordNovember 2, 1965
Our task, then, is to make our cities good place to live, expensive and demanding as we realize that task is going to be.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Post Office, Hye, Texas, at the Swearing In of Lawrence F. O'Brien as Postmaster General.

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