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I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
36Th U.S. President
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition... well, they are still radical ideas.
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We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
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