| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31071 |
| QUOTATION: | We are not about to send American boys 9 or 10,000 miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973), U.S. Democratic politician, president. speech, Oct. 21, 1964, Akron University, Ohio. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963-64. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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