If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
LYNDON B. JOHNSONDemocrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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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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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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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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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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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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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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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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