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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Human Issues Right Struggle
But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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Challenge Destiny Ourselves Place Safety
The noblest search is the search for excellence.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Excellence Search Success
I’m the only president you’ve got.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government Myself One Liner
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Man Night Right
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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Bed Entrepreneur Hungry Men Willing
I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Acceptance Myself Seek Yourself
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Battle Creation Fight Knowledge Man Ourselves Sea Wealth Wild
In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Change Difference Nation World
In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

See Strength Way
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Difference Heart Nation Poison Prayer Spring Understand Wisdom
Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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Funny Man Smart Time Wasted Time
To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Inspirational Worst
If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Politics Walk Wrong Yourself
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Journey Peace Time
The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Failure Human Peace War Weapon

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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