Her encouragement and reassurance were constant and extravagant. Once, not seeing her at a public function, he demanded, with something of his old sn… - Robert A. Caro

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Her encouragement and reassurance were constant and extravagant. Once, not seeing her at a public function, he demanded, with something of his old snarl, “Where’s Lady Bird?” and she replied, “Right behind you, darling. Where I’ve always been.” At a conference at which he became agitated, she slipped him a note. “Don’t let anybody upset you. You’ll do the right thing. You’re a good man.

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