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On the recordJune 6, 1966
I bring you the pride and the hope of a Nation that cherishes excellence and commitment, and that has never needed your kind of excellence and commitment more than it needs it right now.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Ceremony Honoring the Presidential Scholars of 1966.

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