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On the recordFebruary 9, 1966
One man alone with his conscience-whether in the laboratory, or the study, or the classroom, or on the street corner--is to be jealously guarded from the thousand who, believing him wrong, would deny his right to search and his right to speak the truth.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the National Medal of Science Presentation Ceremony.

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