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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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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Fast Responsibility Trouble
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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Kiss Loyalty Reality Relationship Rose
I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men–and closes its hearts to none.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Heart Myself Pride
In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren’t much happier about taxation with representation.
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Citizenship Discover Happiness Nation Revolution
John ain’t been worth a damn since he started wearing $300 suits.
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Fashion Money Worth
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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Endurance Genius Ourselves Politics Principles Rich
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Politics Walk Wrong Yourself
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Problem Right Wisdom
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government Harm Inspirational Light Wrong Yourself
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Break Destroy Different Justice Man Powerful Prison Vote
Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Journey Peace Time
If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Eyes Law Mother Room Yourself
I’ll have those n**gers voting Democratic for the next 200 years.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Democracy Myself Time Vote
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Difference Land People Unity
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Book Country Enough Equality Law Right Talk Writing
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Happiness Kindness Person Reflection

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