Lyndon Johnson actually said...

We shall be just, and we shall be prudent, and we shall also be prompt and brave, for we are determined here in America that peace shall not perish, and the cause of freedom shall not be failed.

Context

Remarks at the Unveiling of the President's Portrait in the Texas State Capitol.

05/27/1965

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