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Lyndon Johnson: “We are drawing closer, I think, ever closer to the fulfillment of a promise that this Nation made to ourselves and to…”

On the recordMarch 26, 1968
We are drawing closer, I think, ever closer to the fulfillment of a promise that this Nation made to ourselves and to the world many, many years ago.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968

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