1. LBJ And American Liberalism
At Cotulla, he saw poverty and hatred; later he said, "Somehow you never forget what poverty and hatred can do when you see its scares on the face of a young child"(Schulman 9) He never did, and during his Presidency he waged a nation changing "war on poverty." ... First, it had a new attitude toward the economy and business. The war showed that cooperation between government and business could enrich the people and all aspects of economy. Second, it developed a new "vision of democracy," during this time it developed pluralist politics. ... Combined with the civil rights movement and the war ...
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