Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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 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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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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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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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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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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