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On the recordOctober 25, 1964
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.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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

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