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On the recordAugust 16, 1966
We have sounded a sure and a certain note; namely, that great change can be wrought by reason and not rifles, by builders and not bullets.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress

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