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Lyndon Johnson: “Nice words and solemn warnings of rhetoric won't stop an aggressor or a guerrilla or a Communist.”

On the recordAugust 25, 1966
Nice words and solemn warnings of rhetoric won't stop an aggressor or a guerrilla or a Communist.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Groundbreaking Ceremony for an Industrial Site in Pryor, Oklahoma

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