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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
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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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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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