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On the recordFebruary 1, 1966
This Administration has moved and will move to stop the slaughter--to replace suicide with sanity, and anarchy with safety.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the American Trial Lawyers Association Meeting in New York City.

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