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Lyndon Johnson: “Observance of the law is essential to public order and to the strengthening of the individual rights of our citizens.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 1964
Observance of the law is essential to public order and to the strengthening of the individual rights of our citizens.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3571—Law Day, U.S.A.—1964

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