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Lyndon Johnson: “And to leave it prepared always to defend itself; to leave it willing always to meet any neighbor halfway and do him…”

On the recordAugust 28, 1964
And to leave it prepared always to defend itself; to leave it willing always to meet any neighbor halfway and do him justice; leave it a prosperous Nation, where every child has an opportunity to get an education, where every man has an opportunity to get a job, where every family can worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, and where we have the right of free speech and we do not discriminate against our own people, and that we try to make this one happy family made up of 200 million people in this country that can be an example for all the rest of the world to follow.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas
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Remarks at a Barbecue in Stonewall, Texas

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