It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThere are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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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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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
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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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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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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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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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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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