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Lyndon Johnson: “Two years ago I asked for the best education that a rich nation could possibly give our young boys and girls.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
Two years ago I asked for the best education that a rich nation could possibly give our young boys and girls.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Airport, Port Columbus, Ohio

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