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. JOHNSONIf one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
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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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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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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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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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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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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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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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Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange and different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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