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On the recordJanuary 19, 1968
We have to do that. I want to get a nursing home where your mothers and fathers, mother-in-law and father-in-law--when they get to a certain age and they will not live with you; they don't want their son-in-law or daughter-in-law taking care of them-where they can go and live out their life in decency.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Press on Announcing a Plan for a Pilot Health and Housing Project in Washington

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