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Lyndon Johnson: “Franklin Roosevelt once said, \Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as…”

On the recordOctober 30, 1964
Franklin Roosevelt once said, \Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as they were. Democracy should concern itself also with things as they should be.\
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in Madison Square Garden

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