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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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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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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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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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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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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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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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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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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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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 government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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