Political Quotes

On the recordJuly 22, 1966
Good men must sometimes leave their homes and their loved ones, to take arms against the agents of oppression.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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