While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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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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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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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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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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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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