If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONDemocrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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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.
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Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.
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I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
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One hundred years ago, the slave was freed. One hundred years later, the Negro remains in bondage to the color of his skin.
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…International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration…The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.
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Republicans simply don’t know how to manage the economy.
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Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
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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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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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