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On the recordMarch 28, 1968
We have drawn the line against crime in our streets--and that includes rioting; that includes looting; and that includes arson.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Luncheon Meeting of the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education.

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