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Lyndon Johnson: “A good tax collector is not only efficient, but a good collector also ought to be fair and just.”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1966
A good tax collector is not only efficient, but a good collector also ought to be fair and just.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Principal Field Officers of the Internal Revenue Service.

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