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Lyndon Johnson: “We must not ever succumb to the temptation of buying price stability at the expense of stopping growth.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1966
We must not ever succumb to the temptation of buying price stability at the expense of stopping growth.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at an AFL-CIO Rally in Detroit

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