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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’m the only president you’ve got.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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It’s too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they’ll probably just piss it all away.
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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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Let us close the springs of racial poison. Let us pray for wise and understanding hearts. Let us lay aside irrelevant differences and make our nation whole.
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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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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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We believe, that is, you and I, that education is not an expense. We believe it is an investment.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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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If you let a bully come in and chase you out of your front yard, he’ll be on your porch and the next day he’ll rape your wife in your own bed.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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