Lyndon Johnson actually said...

To Andrew Jackson, the President was not merely the Nation's Chief Executive. He was the people's first magistrate, directly responsible to them, prepared to go directly to them for his authority.

Context

Remarks at the Hermitage at Ceremonies Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Andrew Jackson.

03/14/1967

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