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Lyndon Johnson: “I ask myself, 'What did we do today that we can point to for generations to come, to say that we laid the foundation for…”

On the recordApril 20, 1964
I ask myself, 'What did we do today that we can point to for generations to come, to say that we laid the foundation for a better and more peaceful and more prosperous world?'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to a Group of Editors and Broadcasters Attending a National Conference on Foreign Policy

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