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Lyndon Johnson: “We pledge to you for as long as we are privileged to be there that we shall do what is right and what is best for all…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1964
We pledge to you for as long as we are privileged to be there that we shall do what is right and what is best for all the people of this land.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Texarkana at the Dedication of John F. Kennedy Square

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