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On the recordAugust 25, 1966
A great society is not going to be built in this country by Lyndon Johnson.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Groundbreaking Ceremony for an Industrial Site in Pryor, Oklahoma

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