The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON…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.
More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes
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You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
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I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
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In the Great Society, work shall be an outlet for mans interests and desires. Each individual shall have full opportunity to use his capacities in employment which satisfies personally and contributes generally to the quality of the Nations life.
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Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug ‘em so tight they can’t wiggle.
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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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John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
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A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.
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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.
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There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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If we must disagree, let’s disagree without being disagreeable.
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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The noblest search is the search for excellence.
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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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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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