Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONTo hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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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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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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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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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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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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