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Lyndon Johnson: “The danger comes not from those who have something to lose, but from those who feel that they have nothing to lose.”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1968
The danger comes not from those who have something to lose, but from those who feel that they have nothing to lose.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Clark Clifford as Secretary of Defense.

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