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On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
I believe just as firmly as I believe anything in the world that historians will say of us in the years to come: The Americans by their courage and faith, by their love of liberty and freedom, preserved liberty and freedom and opened the door of peace to all humankind in all countries in all lands for all peoples with all religions.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, Ohio

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