Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONRepublicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
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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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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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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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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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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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But if future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than with sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as God really made it, not just as it looked when we got through with it.
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The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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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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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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