There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONYou do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.
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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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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.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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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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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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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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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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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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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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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.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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