Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIt’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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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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.
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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.
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But if future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than with sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as God really made it, not just as it looked when we got through with it.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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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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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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