It’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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.
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I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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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 will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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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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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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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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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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.
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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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