This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man’s unending search for freedom.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
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There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.
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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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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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If you’re I politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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’m the only president you’ve got.
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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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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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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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