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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONBetter to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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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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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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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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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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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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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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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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