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On the recordJuly 29, 1965
The people of the United States love and voted for Harry Truman, not because he gave them hell--but because he gave them hope.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill

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