No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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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.
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I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
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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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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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Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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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.
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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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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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