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On the recordJune 5, 1965
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the He--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth—persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Commencement Address at Catholic University.

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