Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 15, 1964
A viable democracy requires understanding of the nature and basis of our freedoms and recognition of the individual responsibilities which those freedoms impose.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3571—Law Day, U.S.A.—1964

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