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On the recordJuly 22, 1966
I am very happy to say that today you have standing in the United States Senate a man who carries on in the tradition of Lincoln, a man named Paul Douglas, who fights to see that all men are free and equal and live together as brothers.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport, Lawrenceville, Illinois.

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