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On the recordJune 1, 1965
In this century of contest, it is well for us all to remember that the harder the contest is, it remains always whether the men shall serve the state or whether the state shall serve men.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Presentation of the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service.

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Men like this have seen our country through every crisis that has ever confronted our Nation.

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