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Lyndon Johnson: “And the almost 3 billion people in the rest of the world who have never known the pleasure and prosperity that is ours…”

On the recordJune 25, 1964
And the almost 3 billion people in the rest of the world who have never known the pleasure and prosperity that is ours, who have never shared the freedom that belongs to us--they watch our every move to see which direction our life will take in the hope that they, too, some day, may enjoy the blessings that are ours.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner in Detroit

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