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Lyndon Johnson: “In your child's lifetime, if not in yours, and I think in yours, but in your child's lifetime we are going to be using…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1964
In your child's lifetime, if not in yours, and I think in yours, but in your child's lifetime we are going to be using the water from the sea to make the deserts bloom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Phoenix Airport

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