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Lyndon Johnson: A hundred years from now when historians look back on the Johnson administration, I hope very much that they will be…

On the recordOctober 2, 1964
A hundred years from now when historians look back on the Johnson administration, I hope very much that they will be able to say: There, once again, was an era when the young men and the young women of America and their Government really belonged to each other--belonged to each other in fact and belonged to each other in spirit.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to a Group of College Student Leaders

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