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Lyndon Johnson: “And I want all of you to know, too, that I have known that awful feeling that comes when the votes are counted in the…”

On the recordNovember 19, 1967
And I want all of you to know, too, that I have known that awful feeling that comes when the votes are counted in the United States Senate and there is Ev smiling that cherubic smile.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Dinner Honoring Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen

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