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Lyndon Johnson: “We Americans, who want to reduce the distance between friends, believe that no man comes from so far off that he cannot…”

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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