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On the recordJuly 7, 1964
We do not seek and we do not want--and the conscience of the American people will never tolerate--a concept of justice which seeks convictions at the expense of human decency and at the expense of liberty and at the expense of privacy.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Meeting With United States Attorneys.

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