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Lyndon Johnson: “That loyalty has never come ahead of his fidelity to the cause of justice and honor.”

On the recordMay 7, 1965
That loyalty has never come ahead of his fidelity to the cause of justice and honor.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks in the Capitol at the Presentation of the Veritas Medal to the Speaker of the House of Representatives

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