Lyndon Johnson actually said...

There is just one important, just one overriding issue in this election this year, and that is why I am not going to indulge in any muckraking or any mudslinging or even discussing personalities, because candidates never discuss personalities if they have issues to discuss.

Context

Remarks on the Steps of the State Capitol, Columbia, South Carolina

10/25/1964

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