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On the recordOctober 2, 1966
Power was used--with somber reluctance--in defense of the rule of law.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach as Under Secretary of State.

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