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On the recordMarch 28, 1965
So long as men anywhere live in poverty, so long as their bodies are afflicted with disease and their children are denied the light of education, this great and restless Nation that we call America will be searching without ceasing for ways to overcome these curses and tribulations of mankind.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and President Yameogo of Upper Volta

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