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.
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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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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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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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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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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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Ambition is an uncomfortable companion many times. He creates a discontent with present surroundings and achievements; he is never satisfied but always pressing forward to better things in the future. Restless, energetic, purposeful, it is ambition that makes of the creature a real man.
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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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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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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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