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Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes: I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.
         

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.


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