Lyndon Johnson said "Heart disease, cancer, and stroke can be conquered--not in a millennium, not in a century, but in the next few onrushing decades." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 8, 1964

Heart disease, cancer, and stroke can be conquered--not in a millennium, not in a century, but in the next few onrushing decades.

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Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Receiving Report of the President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke.

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