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On the recordJanuary 24, 1968
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.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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

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