To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONHeck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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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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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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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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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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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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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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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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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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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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