On the recordOctober 2, 1966
We are the first generation to know with certainty that life will be different for our children, and even for ourselves, in a few years' time.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “We are the first generation to know with certainty that life will be different for our children, and even for ourselves…”
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The President's Prologue and Epilogue to 'This America.'
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