Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 26, 1966
I hope that your great voice of leadership, and your ministers in pulpits across the land, will urge all of your members to live up to their responsibilities as citizens of this country.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Members of the Bishops' Council, African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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