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On the recordMarch 16, 1966
If race, skin color, religious beliefs, sex, or national origin prevent anyone from reaching the heights, then we have all wasted a human being.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks on Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government

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I am pleased that these distinguished guests from our neighboring nations have been able to travel down here to visit with us and to take advantage of our invitation to see the Hemis-Fair and to spend an old-fashioned Fourth of July with…

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