Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 16, 1966
For it is the lot of those in our intelligence agencies that they should work in silence--sometimes fail in silence, but more often succeed in silence.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Presenting the National Security Medal to Vice Admiral William F. Raborn, Jr.

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