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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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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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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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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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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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