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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. Johnson

A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Eyes Goodness Policy Power
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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Live Peace Togetherness Understand
No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Generation Ourselves Worth
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Achievement Enemy Force Goal Recognition War
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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Control Destiny People Right Vote
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Lesson Live Past Wisdom
Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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Achievement Missing Opportunity Word
You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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Learning Talk Yourself
Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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Myself Room Strange Writing
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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Citizenship Discover Happiness Nation Revolution
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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Deep Kind Knowledge Wisdom
Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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Fools Give Up People Time Try
Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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Better Friendship Himself
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. JOHNSON

Battle Creation Fight Knowledge Man Ourselves Sea Wealth Wild
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.”
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Education Learning Myself Oneself Problem Truth Word
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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Inspirational Life Lose Motivational Ourselves Success Win

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.

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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.

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