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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed… — Lyndon B. 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 · 1965
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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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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