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Lyndon Johnson: “The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.”

On the recordAugust 5, 1965
The right is one which no American, true to our principles, can deny.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda at the Signing of the Voting Rights Act

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