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Lyndon Johnson: “Any man who can survive 5 years in the White House, never stumble over an assigned task, and leave with his ability to…”

On the recordMarch 1, 1966
Any man who can survive 5 years in the White House, never stumble over an assigned task, and leave with his ability to laugh unimpaired, is a man that I would warn all of you is to be reckoned with.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Lee C. White as Chairman, Federal Power Commission.

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