No member of our generation who wasn’t a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONIf two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
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I’m the only president you’ve got.
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Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present.
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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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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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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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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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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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There are no favorites in my office. I treat them all with the same general inconsideration.
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.
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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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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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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
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In a thousand unseen ways we have drawn shape and strength from the land.
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