Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONI’m the only president you’ve got.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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When 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.
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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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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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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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Heck by the time a man scratches his behind, clears his throat, and tells me how smart he is, we’ve already wasted fifteen minutes.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems – the answer for all the problems of the world – come to a single word. That word is “education.”
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter – and to write it in the books of law.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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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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While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass.
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