The poor suffer twice at the rioter’s hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThere is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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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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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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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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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right.
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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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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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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.
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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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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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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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