Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I urge every American citizen to lend his time and energy to this cause: to encourage every older friend and relative to make his choice while time remains, so that he may enjoy this protection, provided by a grateful Nation.

Context

Proclamation 3707—National Medicare Enrollment Month, March 1966

03/05/1966

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