For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that's sleeping in the unplowed ground. Is our world gone? We say farewell. Is a new world coming? We welcome it, and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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American frontier American character

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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