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Lyndon Johnson: “There would not be 'total' victory, but there would be 'total' devastation, and the survivors would be jealous of the…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1964
There would not be 'total' victory, but there would be 'total' devastation, and the survivors would be jealous of the dead.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Belleville, Illinois

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