Lyndon Johnson said "To be poor is to be without an advocate-in dealing with a landlord, a creditor, or a government bureaucrat." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 13, 1967

To be poor is to be without an advocate-in dealing with a landlord, a creditor, or a government bureaucrat.

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Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress: America's Unfinished Business, Urban and Rural Poverty

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