We hated to see him leave the legislative halls, but we are glad to see him preside in the temples of justice.
Lyndon Johnson: “We hated to see him leave the legislative halls, but we are glad to see him preside in the temples of justice.”
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Remarks at the Swearing In of Homer Thornberry as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
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