Lyndon Johnson actually said...

If Senator Dirksen has established his reputation for fulfilling the duties of partisanship, he has also quite avoided the temptations of irresponsibility.

Context

Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen

11/19/1967

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