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Lyndon Johnson: “In this new office he will speak not only for an administration but he will speak for an entire Nation, firmly…”

On the recordJuly 19, 1965
In this new office he will speak not only for an administration but he will speak for an entire Nation, firmly, earnestly, and responsibly committed to the strength and to the success of the United Nations in its works for peace around the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Announcing the Nomination of Arthur J. Goldberg as U.S. Representative to the United Nations

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