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Lyndon Johnson: “We must demonstrate to our peoples that their destiny is not class struggle but common struggle to achieve that proud…”

On the recordApril 14, 1966
We must demonstrate to our peoples that their destiny is not class struggle but common struggle to achieve that proud and that modern Latin America which is at once the dream of a generation and the interest of the world community.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Mexico City at the Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Statue.

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