I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIn 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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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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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
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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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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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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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