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. JOHNSON- 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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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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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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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONA good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONWhen 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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Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONEvery man has a right to a Saturday night bath.
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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONLet us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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It’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIt’s the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONHug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThere are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONA 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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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONYou know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONEducation 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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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONLight at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’m the only president you’ve got.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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