Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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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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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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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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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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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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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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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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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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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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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.
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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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