Russell Senate Office Building - Committee Offices Within Russell Senate Office Building

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—John Paxton (1911–1985)

“In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a “dictator” substitutes himself for the central committee.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

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—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

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