Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIn a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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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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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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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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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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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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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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