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Lyndon Johnson: “A great public servant in the early days of the republic of my State said: 'Education is the guardian genius of…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1965
A great public servant in the early days of the republic of my State said: 'Education is the guardian genius of democracy. It is the only dictator that free men will recognize, and the only ruler that free men will accept.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Delegates to the White House Conference on Education.

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