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Lyndon Johnson: “Justice demands it and I think the American people have always, when they know all the facts and they get the truth…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 1966
Justice demands it and I think the American people have always, when they know all the facts and they get the truth, done what is fair, what is right, and what is just.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Stephen Shulman as Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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