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Lyndon Johnson: “Next to keeping the peace--and maintaining the strength and vitality which makes freedom secure-no work is more…”

On the recordDecember 14, 1963
Next to keeping the peace--and maintaining the strength and vitality which makes freedom secure-no work is more important for our generation of Americans than our work in this hemisphere.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter to Thomas C. Mann Upon His Assuming New Responsibilities for Latin American Affairs.

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