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Lyndon Johnson: “We in the Johnson administration, we hope with the support of Johnson County, have already declared war on poverty in…”

On the recordApril 23, 1964
We in the Johnson administration, we hope with the support of Johnson County, have already declared war on poverty in all of its forms, in all of its causes, and we intend to drive it underground and win that war with your help.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Johnson County Courthouse, Paintsville, Kentucky.

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