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Lyndon Johnson: “They didn't come to Washington to be rulers. They came here to be servants and hopefully to be doers.”

On the recordMarch 22, 1966
They didn't come to Washington to be rulers. They came here to be servants and hopefully to be doers.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Farris Bryant as Director, Office of Emergency Planning.

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