Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhether 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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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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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
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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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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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