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Lyndon Johnson: “The wilderness bill preserves for our posterity, for all time to come, 9 million acres of this vast continent in their…”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1964
The wilderness bill preserves for our posterity, for all time to come, 9 million acres of this vast continent in their original and unchanging beauty and wonder.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Wilderness Bill and the Land and Water Conservation Fund Bill

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