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I know - from personal experience - that abiding values and abundant visions are learned in the homes of our people.
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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Texas
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson
L. B. Johnson
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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