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Lyndon Johnson: “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…”

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

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

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