Lyndon Johnson: “I would be looking to them 'for initiative in proposal, energy in…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1966

I would be looking to them 'for initiative in proposal, energy in action, and frankness in advice.'

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Remarks at a Farewell Ceremony Honoring Former Under Secretary of State George W. Ball.

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