We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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.
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This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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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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Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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