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On the recordOctober 6, 1965
Many years ago Woodrow Wilson said of a Congress: 'A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the President's Salute to Congress.

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