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Lyndon Johnson: “To see if we have the people to match our problems--to see if we have the men to match our mountains.”

On the recordAugust 18, 1966
To see if we have the people to match our problems--to see if we have the men to match our mountains.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Buffalo on Beginning a 3-Day Trip in New York and New England.

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