Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The National Teacher Corps draws on that spirit of dedication of Americans which has been demonstrated time and again in peace and war, by young and old, at home and abroad.

Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Proposed Teaching Professions Bill.

07/16/1965

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