Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONBut, 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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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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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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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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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At 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.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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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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.
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