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On the recordSeptember 16, 1964
What men are in America is not determined by their pedigree or their purse but by their soul and spirit and by their God-given worth.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Sacramento on the Steps of the State Capitol

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