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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONPeace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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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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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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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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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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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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.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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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