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When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 27
Died: 1973
Died: January 22
36Th U.S. President
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.
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