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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.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.
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Democracy Government Greatness Honesty Truth Weapon
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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Bed Entrepreneur Hungry Men Willing
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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Difference Land People Unity
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject itself, or know where to find it.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Deep Kind Knowledge Wisdom
Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don’t want you to write about, but otherwise you can write everything.
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Myself Room Strange Writing
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
To sustain an environment suitable for man, we must fight on a thousand battlegrounds. Despite all of our wealth and knowledge, we cannot create a redwood forest, a wild river, or a gleaming seashore.
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Battle Creation Fight Knowledge Man Ourselves Sea Wealth Wild
In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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Change Difference Nation World
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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Agreement Feeling Liberty Right Thinking
If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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Government People Purpose
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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Control Destiny People Right Vote
There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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Human Issues Right Struggle
Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.
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Education Possible Problem
I’m the only president you’ve got.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Government Myself One Liner
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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Happiness Kindness Person Reflection
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.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Difference Heart Nation Poison Prayer Spring Understand Wisdom

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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