Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I cannot express too strongly my determination that this good and decent and law-abiding society shall not be corrupted, undermined, or mocked by any criminal elements, whether they are organized or not.

Context

Remarks at the Signing of the Drug Abuse Control Amendments Bill

07/14/1965

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