Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThis right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
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