I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONOf course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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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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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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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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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.
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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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When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
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