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On the recordApril 4, 1967
The machinery of our Government has served us well. It has been the vehicle of the greatest progress and prosperity any nation has ever achieved.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress on Federal Pay and Postal Rates.

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