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On the recordSeptember 26, 1966
This house is never happier than when it honors freedom and when it acknowledges leadership.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

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

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