Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONLincoln was right about not fooling all the people all the time. But Republicans haven’t given up trying.
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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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All men are created equal’, ‘government by consent of the governed’, ‘give me liberty or give me death’. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
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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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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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Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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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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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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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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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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Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
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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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…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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