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On the recordOctober 14, 1966
I pledge myself in the allotted time to me in the Presidency to use every single resource of the Federal Government to banish crime from the United States of America.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Delegates to the Conference of State Committees on Criminal Administration.

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