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Lyndon Johnson: “For this richest and strongest and most successful society in the history of mankind, there just must be a moral…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1964
For this richest and strongest and most successful society in the history of mankind, there just must be a moral commitment to wipe away the causes of poverty and ignorance and disease.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Salt Lake City at the Mormon Tabernacle

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