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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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Jul 2, 1968

Thirty-four years ago, I came here as the sun was setting late one evening and I was married to a lovely lady in this city in St. Mark's Church, in downtown San Antonio.

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Jul 2, 1968

It is the living and the eternal theme of the United States of America--a Nation that has been made great by an infusion and mingling of all the cultures of the world.

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Jul 4, 1968

I hope that our countries are always as close as they are today.

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