Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 11, 1964
If we expect a Nation to be ignorant and free, we expect what never was and what never will be.
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Coliseum in Denver

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He is that rarest of all visitors to this house--a man who is nonpolitical by law.

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It is very hard to believe any announcement of political intentions these days.

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No man could serve where I have served now for more than 4 years and 5 long months--in this great office of all the people--without sensing that we are once again in 'a new time.'

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