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Lyndon Johnson: I hope that a great historian will soon record the story: of how an ancient nation has emerged from the shadows of its…

On the recordNovember 1, 1966
I hope that a great historian will soon record the story: of how an ancient nation has emerged from the shadows of its colonial past and from the tragedy of war to become one of the youngest and the most vigorous constitutional democracies in the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Before the Korean National Assembly, Seoul, Korea.

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