If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONEvil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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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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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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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
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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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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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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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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
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