Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONBut, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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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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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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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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