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On the recordSeptember 7, 1966
We Americans, who want to reduce the distance between friends, believe that no man comes from so far off that he cannot find a welcome among us.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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The President's Toast at a Dinner in Honor of General Ne Win of Burma

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