You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONGreater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
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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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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 will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange and different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.
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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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