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The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

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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