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On the recordSeptember 15, 1964
I believe that future generations will have cause for gratitude that two great democracies--Canada and the United States--shared the most generous continent which God has ever granted to man.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks With Prime Minister Pearson Upon Proclaiming the Columbia River Treaty

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