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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

I believe, I genuinely and sincerely believe, that every American boy and girl born under this flag has an unqualified right to all the education that he or she can make good use of, and a responsibility to get it.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

You have an obligation to yourself and your children to select the person that you know is the most experienced, and the most capable of handling the future of your country and its citizens

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

And on November 3d I think that you are going to choose an administration that you believe is responsible.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

The frontier's story, like America's, is that people aren't free for very long unless they are also responsible.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 28, 1964

America seeks a growing partnership of freedom, a partnership that is based on shared respect of reality and shared responsibility for effective defense.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Apr 3, 1963

This bill is designed to reaffirm, at the seat of our National Government, our basic American belief that government should be responsible to the governed.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 17, 1963

This is a great responsibility, a great opportunity, and you are the leaders of it.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 13, 1963

If we serve them better now, they will serve their nation better when the burdens are theirs alone.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

We are the chief defenders of freedom, and it is incumbent upon us to get moving again.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

This country cannot survive unless the political leaders, those who seek positions of responsibility, are willing to tell the people the truth, and you cannot hide the truth in all the department agencies in Washington.

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