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Lyndon Johnson: “Poverty cannot be eliminated overnight. It takes time, hard work, money and perseverance.”

On the recordMarch 13, 1967
Poverty cannot be eliminated overnight. It takes time, hard work, money and perseverance.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress: America's Unfinished Business, Urban and Rural Poverty

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