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Lyndon Johnson: “Our will and our work today is that the meaning of our country and our Constitution, and our destiny, shall be the same…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 1964
Our will and our work today is that the meaning of our country and our Constitution, and our destiny, shall be the same for all Americans, regardless of their creed or their color or their origins.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Sacramento on the Steps of the State Capitol

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