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Lyndon Johnson: “I say this in the full knowledge that he has in the past felt that a number of my proposals were less than divinely…”

On the recordNovember 19, 1967
I say this in the full knowledge that he has in the past felt that a number of my proposals were less than divinely inspired--a habit that I am afraid he will retain no matter how many nice things I might say about him here tonight.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen

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