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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONNo national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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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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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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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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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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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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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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…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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