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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONThere are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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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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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.
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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that its objective – taking over the South by force – could not be achieved.
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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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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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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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