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Lyndon Johnson: “And I would remind you good Americans tonight that there is a law more hallowed than the civil rights bill, more…”

On the recordJune 26, 1964
And I would remind you good Americans tonight that there is a law more hallowed than the civil rights bill, more hallowed than even the Constitution of the United States.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner in Minneapolis

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