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The speaker is writing about Lyndon Johnson's achievements in civil rights and Robert Moses's achievements in public works, both accomplished despite claims that they could not be done.
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“I happen to be writing about two guys, Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses, who in both cases, fa- Johnson with civil rights and, and Moses with, uh, public works, where people were saying, "You can't do this and can't..."”
“But they, but they did it.”11:26Report a misattribution
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