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On the recordNovember 1, 1964
I am mighty happy that during that period when the hotheads were around and when people were yelling all kinds of advice, that the coolest, the calmest, the ablest man in that room was the man that you had selected as Commander in Chief, your President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Rally in Pasadena, Texas

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