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On the recordJuly 2, 1965
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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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Homer Thornberry as Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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