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On the recordMarch 30, 1966
We do not want to check our economic expansion unless that is absolutely necessary, but one thing is clear and one thing is imperative: Our expansion must continue to be orderly.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities.

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