Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Our hope is that the North Vietnamese will soon realize that they cannot succeed in taking over South Vietnam and they will turn to the task of helping their own people and building their own nation.

Context

Remarks at a Navy League Luncheon, Manchester, New Hampshire.

08/19/1966

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