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On the recordDecember 1, 1964
Our great strength exists not to destroy, but to save--not to put an end to life as we know it, but to put an end to conflict and war as man has known it since time began.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Recorded for the Commissioning of the U.S.S. Sam Rayburn.

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