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Lyndon Johnson: “A nation is not great simply because it is large or wealthy or powerful.”

On the recordOctober 2, 1966
A nation is not great simply because it is large or wealthy or powerful.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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The President's Prologue and Epilogue to 'This America.'

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