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Lyndon Johnson: “I do not despair of an abiding personal belief that the peoples--and the leaders--of the free democracies can achieve…”

On the recordJune 6, 1965
I do not despair of an abiding personal belief that the peoples--and the leaders--of the free democracies can achieve the same unity and find the same great common purpose in peace that we had in war.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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The President's Toast at a Luncheon in Honor of Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia

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