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On the recordOctober 20, 1965
I am sorry you are here, but there are a good many folks that are living better and enjoying freedom because you are.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Fellow Patients in the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.

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