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Lyndon Johnson: Each departure from the ideal--whether it was deliberate or not, and we won't spend a lot of time debating whether it…

On the recordMarch 26, 1968
Each departure from the ideal--whether it was deliberate or not, and we won't spend a lot of time debating whether it was deliberate--left a great scar on the thing we take so much pride in, that we call American justice.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968

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