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Lyndon Johnson: “But once he is elected, my conception of the institution is that--he is President of all the people and he ought to try…”

On the recordOctober 6, 1965
But once he is elected, my conception of the institution is that--he is President of all the people and he ought to try to be the servant of all the people.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Water and Sanitation Systems in Rural Areas Bill

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