On the recordSeptember 26, 1966
So long as this situation continues, we are not meeting the Government's very first responsibility to its citizens: the right to be secure from criminal violence.
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presidency.ucsb.eduSo long as this situation continues, we are not meeting the Government's very first responsibility to its citizens: the right to be secure from criminal violence.
Remarks to the Delegates to the Second National Conference of United States Marshals.
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