Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAt 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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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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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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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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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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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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