You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWe 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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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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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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