Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONAll 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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Our understanding of how to live with one another is still far behind our knowledge of how to destroy one another.
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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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.
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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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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
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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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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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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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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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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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