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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

We will maintain our forward momentum and capitalize on the very real gains of the past 4 years through further efforts to expand our exports.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

Zambia's independence will permit us to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation which have been built up between Zambians and Americans over many years.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

One hundred years is long enough to burden down our future with the divisions of the past.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

The most trusted nation in the history of man, and Georgia's sons have contributed to it all.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

Woodrow Wilson wanted one thing--peace in the world in his time, not for himself, but for all mankind.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

To assist American business in tapping the great potential of these world markets, this administration has pursued a vigorous program of export promotion and expansion.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

Our interest in your example is greatly heightened by our own efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in the United States.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

Your President will have in his hand, inescapably, the power of life and death for hundreds of millions of people on this planet.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

I think, I hope, and I believe that you are going to have a Democratic President to work with them.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

The American nation seeks constantly to foster the development of free nations cooperating for their mutual benefit.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

Instead, we have chosen the slower but surer path of progress through a more competitive, efficient, and prosperous domestic economy.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 25, 1964

We will keep America on the tried and the tested and the trusted course of responsibility, and in this nuclear age, neither we nor the world can afford even a moment of recklessness, not even a breath of bluff or bluster.

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