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Lyndon Johnson: “We must be strong and we must be solvent in order that we can be compassionate, because every Congressman standing here…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1964
We must be strong and we must be solvent in order that we can be compassionate, because every Congressman standing here today, when you ask him what he would like to be remembered for, my judgment is he would like to be remembered for what he did for people.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Members of the National Congress of American Indians.

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