Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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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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English

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1965 1960s 20th century

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

Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck to its side like colored maps. We are all fellow passengers on a dot of earth. And each of us, in the span of time, has really only a moment among our companions. How incredible it is that in this fragile existence, we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Absurdity of war The earth

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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1965 1960s 20th century

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

We are a nation of believers. Underneath the clamor of building and the rush of our day's pursuits, we are believers in justice and liberty and in our own union. We believe that every man must some day be free.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Second Inaugural Address of Lyndon Baines Johnson

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American character America

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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

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Political speech

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English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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