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On the recordApril 23, 1964
My father said to me, 'Lyndon, I don't know what will happen to you, but I will tell you right now I don't believe that you are smart enough to talk to a highway engineer.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Johnson County Courthouse, Paintsville, Kentucky.

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