You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON…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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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 two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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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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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
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