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On the recordAugust 23, 1965
The Government's paramount interest 'is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.'
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Eddie Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Judge Thurgood Marshall as Solicitor General.

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