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On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
To the youth of America, I want to say this: 'If you seek to be uncommon, if you seek to make a difference, if you seek to serve, then look around you. Your country needs you. Your Nation needs your services.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Dayton at the Montgomery County Fair

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