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Lyndon Johnson: “When America grows afraid and loses its commitment to freedom, that is the day that America will begin to die.”

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
When America grows afraid and loses its commitment to freedom, that is the day that America will begin to die.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport, Lawrenceville, Illinois.

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