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Never make a speech at a country dance or a football game.
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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The Secretary of Labor is in charge of finding you a job, the Secretary of the Treasury is in charge of taking half the money you make away from you, and the Attorney General is in charge of suing you for the other half.
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