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When the family collapses, it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale, the community itself is crippled.
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
Politician
Rancher
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Texas
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
Lyndon Baines Johnson
President Johnson
L. B. Johnson
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