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Lyndon Johnson: “Efficiency in government should be not the cause of stagnation but the companion of progress.”

On the recordOctober 10, 1964
Efficiency in government should be not the cause of stagnation but the companion of progress.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Memorandum Outlining Some of the Major Issues of the Campaign.

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