The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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 aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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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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If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.
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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.
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If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim.’
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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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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If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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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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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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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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