Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Schooled in the grief of war, we know certain truths are self-evident in every nation on this earth: --Ideas, not armaments, will shape our lasting prospects for peace.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Proposing International Education and Health Programs

02/01/1966

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