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Lyndon Johnson: “Only under the rule of law, and obedience thereto, can we rightfully claim our heritage of individual freedom.”

On the recordDecember 7, 1965
Only under the rule of law, and obedience thereto, can we rightfully claim our heritage of individual freedom.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3692—Law Day, U.S.A., 1966

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