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On the recordJuly 20, 1965
This Nation has really always been an experiment--an experiment in the capacity of a whole people, ruling its rulers, to deal with changing peril and with shifting expectations.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Delegates to the White House Conference on Education.

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