Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONEducation is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is.
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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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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 want real loyalty. I want someone who will kiss my ass in Macy’s window, and say it smells like roses.
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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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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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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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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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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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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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A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.
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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
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Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement.
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