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Lyndon Johnson: “They believed in the motto 'The greatest good for the greatest number,' and they still do.”

On the recordDecember 11, 1967
They believed in the motto 'The greatest good for the greatest number,' and they still do.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Delegates to the National Convention, AFL-CIO.

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