Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAmbition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
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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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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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