We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThe poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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.
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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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Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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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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…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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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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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
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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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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
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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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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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