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. 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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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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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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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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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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The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery.
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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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Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
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Whether we are New Dealer, Old Dealer, Liberty Leaguer or Red, whether we agree or not, we still have the right to think and speak how we feel.
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But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us toward a destiny where the meaning of our lives matches the marvelous products of our labor.
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