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On the recordMarch 30, 1966
When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse--I could be a mayor of a city instead.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Before the National Legislative Conference of the National League of Cities.

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