Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The great periods of progress in America have come when the leaders of each branch were more concerned with making progress than with establishing their predominance.

Context

Toasts at a Dinner Honoring the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the Chief Justice

01/24/1968

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