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On the recordOctober 2, 1966
A nation, like an individual, must earn the right to have its professions of idealism taken seriously.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Nicholas deB. Katzenbach as Under Secretary of State.

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