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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.

Lyndon B. Johnson

There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Equality Justice Myself
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Human Kind Man Nation Race Rule Space
You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Learning Talk Yourself
There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Ourselves Problem Relationship Togetherness Unity
If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Himself Mental Oppression Sex Violence Wife Yourself
If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Live Peace Togetherness Understand
In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

See Strength Way
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Himself Play Sports Walk
The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Discover Education Job Journey Nation
I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Democracy Myself Time Vote
I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Kiss Loyalty Reality Relationship Rose
I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Better Black Empty Himself Men Money Myself White
If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government People Purpose
Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Man Night Right
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Happiness Kindness Person Reflection
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Problem Right Wisdom
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. JOHNSON

Country Danger Hate Mindset Ourselves Victim
Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Democracy Politics
Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Act Evil Past Present
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Achievement Ambition Comfortable Creation Future Men Present Purpose Reality Satisfaction Time
…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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Citizenship Country Education Freedom Growth Ourselves Promise Responsibility
I’m the only president you’ve got.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government Myself One Liner
John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Fashion Money Worth
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
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Challenge Destiny Ourselves Place Safety
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
Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Bed Entrepreneur Hungry Men Willing

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