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Lyndon Johnson: “I said shortly after I took the oath of President that one of my first goals would be to see that every boy and girl in…”

On the recordNovember 14, 1967
I said shortly after I took the oath of President that one of my first goals would be to see that every boy and girl in this country got all the education that he or she could take.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Delivered by Telephone to a Joint Convention of Education Leaders

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