No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONHug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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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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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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
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