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. JOHNSONIn 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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I am going to build the kind of nation that President Roosevelt hoped for, President Truman worked for, and President Kennedy died for.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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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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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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I want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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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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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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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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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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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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