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Lyndon Johnson: “Of the evils which beset our society, crime is by far the most difficult to understand.”

On the recordOctober 14, 1966
Of the evils which beset our society, crime is by far the most difficult to understand.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Delegates to the Conference of State Committees on Criminal Administration.

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