“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
“The fact is that she agrees with them from a policy standpoint, even if she doesn't couch herself in the same title of socialist.”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
“New Yorkers deserve the choice to endure less suffering, not by shortening their lives, but by shortening their deaths.”
“Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass is more secure than our federal elections. Make sense to anyone? Pass the SAVE America Act.”

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On the recordApril 29, 1966
Your achievements have singled you out as being men and women of excellence, and excellence is not easy to come by, either in or out of the Government.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas
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Remarks to the Recipients of the 1966 National Civil Service Awards

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