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Lyndon Johnson was the most powerful Senate majority leader and perhaps the most powerful legislator in U.S. history.
Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026
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“Before he was president, Lyndon Johnson was vice president, and before he was vice president, Lyndon Johnson was in the Senate. And Lyndon Johnson was the most powerful Senate majority leader, perhaps the most powerful legislator, period, in the history of this country.”16:16Report a misattribution
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